raser

/\ʁɑ.ze\/ verb

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#12,233

in French word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

raser is aFrenchverb. It means: Tondre, couper le poil ou les cheveux tout près de la peau avec un rasoir. Pronounced \ʁɑ.ze\. Often confused with RER and RSE.

Key facts for raser
PropertyValue
Headwordraser
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ʁɑ.ze\
Letters5
Frequency rank#12,233
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of raser in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for raser is 5 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ʁɑ.ze\. Corpus data places it at rank #12,233 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 9 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for raser, with forms such as "arser", "raesr", and "raserr". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "RER", "RSE", "rose", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is raser, spelled R-A-S-E-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Tondre, couper le poil ou les cheveux tout près de la peau avec un rasoir.
  2. 2
    Couper le poil de la barbe au plus près de la peau.
  3. 3
    Abattre à ras de terre, en parlant d’un édifice ou d’un bâtiment.
  4. 4
    Ôter à un navire la partie supérieure de ses œuvres mortes.
  5. 5
    Passer tout près ; effleurer.
  6. 6
    Ne presque plus marquer; la cavité des incisives ne paraissant plus, ou presque plus.
  7. 7
    Ennuyer par des propos longs et oiseux.
  8. 8
    Enlever, soustraire.
  9. 9
    Se dit d’une perdrix ou d’un lièvre qui se tapit le plus qu’il peut contre terre pour se cacher. Se dit aussi du chasseur.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: arser,raesr,raserr,rasre,rasser,rraser,rsaer

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for raser

Misspelling Variants of "raser"

arser5raesr5raserr6rasre5rasser6rraser6rsaer5
Misspelling Variants of "raser"

Frequency rank: #12,233 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "raser"?
"raser" is spelled R-A-S-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁɑ.ze\.
What does "raser" mean?
As a verb, "raser" means: Tondre, couper le poil ou les cheveux tout près de la peau avec un rasoir.
What words are commonly confused with "raser"?
"raser" is commonly confused with "RER", "RSE", "rose". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "raser"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "raser" is \ʁɑ.ze\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "raser" come from?
"raser" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.