rasoir

\ʁa.zwaʁ\

/\ʁa.zwaʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“rasoir” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #16,717. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#16,717
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
5
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Instrument d’acier qui a le tranchant très fin et dont on se sert pour raser la barbe, on le nomme familièrement coupe-choux.

Corpus desk

Index FR-rasoir · rasoir · French

rasoir · rank #16,717 · 8 variants · 5 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #16,717
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH rareté

Nearest frequency peer: rareté (-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 « rasoir »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « rasoir » 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).

rasoir vs ravir
67% similar
rasoir vs revoir
67% similar
rasoir vs ravoir
83% similar

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

Key facts for rasoir
PropertyValue
Headwordrasoir
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʁa.zwaʁ\
Letters6
Frequency rank#16,717
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « rasoir »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).rasoirse 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 « rareté » (#16,716), « rattrapé » (#16,718), « rapprochent » (#16,715). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « rasoir » est au #16,717. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around rasoir (IPA \ʁa.zwaʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #16,717 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for rasoir, with forms such as "arsoir", "raosir", and "rasior". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "ravir", "revoir", "ravoir", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is rasoir, spelled R-A-S-O-I-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Instrument d’acier qui a le tranchant très fin et dont on se sert pour raser la barbe, on le nomme familièrement coupe-choux.
  2. 2
    Appareil électrique servant à raser la barbe, rasoir électrique.
  3. 3
    Principe ou règle générale qui permet d'éliminer (de « raser ») des explications improbables d'un phénomène.
  4. 4
    Se dit d'une personne ou d’une chose ennuyeuse.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Ce sont les plaies faites maladroitement, par les barbiers d’occasion, à l'aide de mauvais rasoirs, voire même de couteaux, plus ou moins bien affilés, qui créent des portes d'entrée à la contamination.
  2. D’un coup de rasoir, je lui coupai la tête, et le tronc, d’où un flot de sang s’échappait, gigota quelques secondes sur le parquet.

This word in other languages

razor(English)afeitadora(Español)Rasiermesser(Deutsch)navalha(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • arsoir
  • raosir
  • rasior
  • rasoirr
  • rasori
  • rassoir
  • rrasoir
  • rsaoir

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of rasoir - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

arsoir2raosir2rasior2rasoirr1rasori2rassoir1rrasoir1rsaoir2
Edit distance from "rasoir"

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 "rasoir"?
"rasoir" is spelled R-A-S-O-I-R. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁa.zwaʁ\.
What does "rasoir" mean?
As a noun, "rasoir" means: Instrument d’acier qui a le tranchant très fin et dont on se sert pour raser la barbe, on le nomme familièrement coupe-choux.
What words are commonly confused with "rasoir"?
"rasoir" is commonly confused with "ravir", "revoir", "ravoir". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "rasoir"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "rasoir" is \ʁa.zwaʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "rasoir" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

rareté#16,716reculé#16,720queens#16,712saines#16,729

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

payait8 variantsselfie8 variantsordure8 variantstyran8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list