rares

\ʁaʁ\

/\ʁaʁ\/ adj

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The verdict

“rares” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #2,099. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#2,099
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de rare.

Corpus desk

Index FR-rares · rares · French

rares · rank #2,099 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #2,099
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH race

Nearest frequency peer: race (-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 « rares »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « rares » 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).

rares vs ras
60% similar
rares vs res
60% similar
rares vs rire
60% similar

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

Key facts for rares
PropertyValue
Headwordrares
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ʁaʁ\
Letters5
Frequency rank#2,099
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « rares »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.raresse place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « race » (#2,098), « reconnu » (#2,100), « quantité » (#2,097). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « rares » est au #2,099. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around rares (IPA \ʁaʁ\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #2,099 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de rare.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for rares, with forms such as "arres", "raers", and "raress". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "ras", "res", "rire", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is rares, spelled R-A-R-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de rare.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Le pleurote est l’un des rares champignons dont on maîtrise la pousse.
  2. Dans les bahuts brille la vaisselle d’argent armoiriée à côté de faïences et de porcelaines rares.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • arres
  • raers
  • raress
  • rarres
  • rarse
  • rraes
  • rrares

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of rares - 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.

arres2raers2raress1rarres1rarse2rraes2rrares1
Edit distance from "rares"

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 "rares"?
"rares" is spelled R-A-R-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁaʁ\.
What does "rares" mean?
As an adjective, "rares" means: Pluriel de rare.
What words are commonly confused with "rares"?
"rares" is commonly confused with "ras", "res", "rire". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "rares"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "rares" is \ʁaʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "rares" come from?
"rares" 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 "rares", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

tours#2,105usine#2,106aient#2,108islam#2,085

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

honte7 variantsHenri7 variantsdessin7 variantsgénie7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list