ratio

\ʁa.sjo\

/\ʁa.sjo\/ noun

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The verdict

“ratio” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #8,607. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#8,607
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Proportion entre deux valeurs de même nature.

Corpus desk

Index FR-ratio · ratio · French

ratio · rank #8,607 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #8,607
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH qualifications

Nearest frequency peer: qualifications (-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 « ratio »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « ratio » 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).

ratio vs rio
60% similar
ratio vs ravi
60% similar
ratio vs rats
60% similar

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

Key facts for ratio
PropertyValue
Headwordratio
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʁa.sjo\
Letters5
Frequency rank#8,607
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « ratio »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).ratiose place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « qualifications » (#8,606), « recensement » (#8,608), « punition » (#8,605). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « ratio » est au #8,607. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around ratio (IPA \ʁa.sjo\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #8,607 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for ratio, with forms such as "artio", "raito", and "ratoi". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "rio", "ravi", "rats", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is ratio, spelled R-A-T-I-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    Proportion entre deux valeurs de même nature.
  2. 2
    Coefficient de deux comptes ou groupes de comptes tirés du bilan ou du compte de résultat.
  3. 3
    Sur Twitter, désigne une réponse à un message qui est plus populaire, a plus d’approbations (likes) et de retweet, que le message initial (le ratio du nombre d’approbations étant en faveur de la réponse).
  4. 4
    Désigne le rapport de proportionnalité entre la longueur et la hauteur d’un drapeau, d’un pavillon. Elle s’expriment sous la forme h:L (où L représente la longueur et h la hauteur). Les dimensions de 2:3 sont appliquées au drapeau français.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. – Vous avez saisi que vous devrez mettre tout cela sous une forme exploitable, dresser les pyramides des âges, tirer des ratios…
  2. Un indicateur usuel est le ratio dit « D9/D1 » entre le salaire au-dessus duquel se trouvent les 10% les mieux payés et le salaire au-dessous duquel se trouvent les 10% les moins payés. Ce ratio est de l’ordre de 3 et il est relativement stable - voire en légère baisse - depuis de nombreuses années.

Synonyms

dimensionsindiceproportionraisonrapporttaux

This word in other languages

ratio(English)ratio(Español)Verhältnis(Deutsch)razão(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • artio
  • raito
  • ratoi
  • rattio
  • rratio
  • rtaio

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

artio2raito2ratoi2rattio1rratio1rtaio2
Edit distance from "ratio"

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 "ratio"?
"ratio" is spelled R-A-T-I-O. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁa.sjo\.
What does "ratio" mean?
As a noun, "ratio" means: Proportion entre deux valeurs de même nature.
What words are commonly confused with "ratio"?
"ratio" is commonly confused with "rio", "ravi", "rats". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "ratio"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ratio" is \ʁa.sjo\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "ratio" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

sapin#8,616sexes#8,619paulo#8,593olive#8,589

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

teint6 variantstuyau6 variantsvogue6 variantsatout6 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list