rait

\ʁɛ\

/\ʁɛ\/ verb

The verdict

“rait” is uncommon French (frequency #91,078 among 5,742 “R” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#91,078
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Participe passé masculin singulier de raire.

Corpus desk

Index FR-rait · rait · French

rait · rank #91,078 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #91,078
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH raffermit

Nearest frequency peer: raffermit (-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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « rait »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « rait » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for rait
PropertyValue
Headwordrait
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ʁɛ\
Letters4
Frequency rank#91,078
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « rait » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.raittombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « raffermit » (#91,077), « rajouts » (#91,079), « racoler » (#91,076). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « rait » est au #91,078. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

rait is uncommon French at frequency #91,078 among 5,742 “R” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \ʁɛ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for rait, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is rait, spelled R-A-I-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Participe passé masculin singulier de raire.
  2. 2
    Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de raire.

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 "rait"?
"rait" is spelled R-A-I-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁɛ\.
What does "rait" mean?
As a verb, "rait" means: Participe passé masculin singulier de raire.
How do you pronounce "rait"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "rait" is \ʁɛ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "rait" come from?
"rait" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list