raisonner

\ʁɛ.zɔ.ne\

/\ʁɛ.zɔ.ne\/ verb

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The verdict

“raisonner” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #14,776. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#14,776
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Se servir de sa raison pour connaître, pour juger.

Corpus desk

Index FR-raisonner · raisonner · French

raisonner · rank #14,776 · 11 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #14,776
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH pèsent

Nearest frequency peer: pèsent (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « raisonner »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « raisonner » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

raisonner vs rayonner
78% similar
raisonner vs résonner
78% similar
raisonner vs raisonné
78% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for raisonner
PropertyValue
Headwordraisonner
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ʁɛ.zɔ.ne\
Letters9
Frequency rank#14,776
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « raisonner »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).raisonnerse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « pèsent » (#14,775), « pulmonaire » (#14,774), « rasé » (#14,778). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « raisonner » est au #14,776. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around raisonner (IPA \ʁɛ.zɔ.ne\), averb. Corpus frequency is #14,776 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 7 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for raisonner, with forms such as "arisonner", "raiosnner", and "raisnoner". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "rayonner", "résonner", "raisonné", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is raisonner, spelled R-A-I-S-O-N-N-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Se servir de sa raison pour connaître, pour juger.
  2. 2
    Faire un syllogisme, une suite d’arguments qui s’enchaînent.
  3. 3
    Chercher et alléguer des raisons pour éclaircir une affaire, une question, pour appuyer une opinion, etc.
  4. 4
    Répliquer, alléguer des excuses, au lieu de recevoir docilement des ordres ou des réprimandes.
  5. 5
    Arraisonner.
  6. 6
    Appliquer le raisonnement à quelque chose.
  7. 7
    Chercher à faire entendre raison à quelqu’un.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how raisonner appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Sans qu’elle raisonnât cette impression, elle en eut l’âme effleurée d’un pressentiment triste.
  2. Lorsque Rousseau demandait que la démocratie ne supportât dans son sein aucune association particulière, il raisonnait d'après la connaissance qu'il avait des républiques du Moyen Âge.

This word in other languages

reason(English)razonar(Español)räsonieren(Deutsch)raciocinar(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • arisonner
  • raiosnner
  • raisnoner
  • raisonenr
  • raisoner
  • raisonnerr
  • raisonnre
  • raissonner
  • rasionner
  • riasonner
  • rraisonner

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of raisonner - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

arisonner2raiosnner2raisnoner2raisonenr2raisoner1raisonnerr1raisonnre2raissonner1
Edit distance from "raisonner"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "raisonner"?
"raisonner" is spelled R-A-I-S-O-N-N-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁɛ.zɔ.ne\.
What does "raisonner" mean?
As a verb, "raisonner" means: Se servir de sa raison pour connaître, pour juger.
What words are commonly confused with "raisonner"?
"raisonner" is commonly confused with "rayonner", "résonner", "raisonné". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "raisonner"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "raisonner" is \ʁɛ.zɔ.ne\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "raisonner" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "raisonner", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

renseigne#14,782prophétie#14,768planifier#14,762plaisance#14,760

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

rempart11 variantsréponde11 variantsschiste11 variantspassionnée11 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list