rayer

\ʁe.je\

/\ʁe.je\/ verb

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The verdict

“rayer” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #24,007. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#24,007
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Marquer d’une ou de plusieurs raies,

Corpus desk

Index FR-rayer · rayer · French

rayer · rank #24,007 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #24,007
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH raw

Nearest frequency peer: raw (-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 « rayer »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « rayer » 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).

rayer vs RER
0% similar
rayer vs rays
60% similar
rayer vs ruer
60% similar

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

Key facts for rayer
PropertyValue
Headwordrayer
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ʁe.je\
Letters5
Frequency rank#24,007
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « rayer »

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

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « raw » (#24,006), « rejoignant » (#24,008), « rattachés » (#24,005). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « rayer » est au #24,007. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around rayer (IPA \ʁe.je\), averb. Corpus frequency is #24,007 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for rayer, with forms such as "aryer", "raeyr", and "rayerr". 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, "RER", "rays", "ruer", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is rayer, spelled R-A-Y-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Marquer d’une ou de plusieurs raies,
  2. 2
    Effacer, raturer, faire une raie, passer un trait de plume sur ce qui est écrit.
  3. 3
    Supprimer, retirer, éliminer.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Sur la rue, la maison présentait cette façade de moellons ravalée en plâtre, ondée par le temps et rayée par le crochet du maçon de manière à figurer des pierres de taille.
  2. Il faut rayer cette clause, ce mot, cette phrase.

Synonyms

barrerbifferraturer

This word in other languages

cross out(English)tachar(Español)durchstreichen(Deutsch)anular(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • aryer
  • raeyr
  • rayerr
  • rayre
  • rayyer
  • rrayer
  • ryaer

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

aryer2raeyr2rayerr1rayre2rayyer1rrayer1ryaer2
Edit distance from "rayer"

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 "rayer"?
"rayer" is spelled R-A-Y-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁe.je\.
What does "rayer" mean?
As a verb, "rayer" means: Marquer d’une ou de plusieurs raies,
What words are commonly confused with "rayer"?
"rayer" is commonly confused with "RER", "rays", "ruer". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "rayer"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "rayer" is \ʁe.je\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "rayer" come from?
"rayer" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

raies#24,003pussy#24,000punit#23,998Soral#24,038

Similar misspelling depth

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

runner7 variantsPoissy7 variantsOuellet7 variantsnient7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list