rayons

\ʁɛ.jɔ̃\

/\ʁɛ.jɔ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“rayons” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #5,492. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#5,492
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
13
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-rayons · rayons · French

rayons · rank #5,492 · 9 variants · 13 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #5,492
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 13 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH rapproche

Nearest frequency peer: rapproche (-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 « rayons »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « rayons » 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).

rayons vs rays
67% similar
rayons vs rêvons
67% similar
rayons vs rayon
83% similar

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

Key facts for rayons
PropertyValue
Headwordrayons
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʁɛ.jɔ̃\
Letters6
Frequency rank#5,492
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs13
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « rayons »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.rayonsse 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 « rapproche » (#5,491), « rendant » (#5,494), « provient » (#5,489). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « rayons » est au #5,492. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around rayons (IPA \ʁɛ.jɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #5,492 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de rayon.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for rayons, with forms such as "aryons", "raoyns", and "raynos". 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 13 confusable-pair relationships, "rays", "rêvons", "rayon", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 rayons, spelled R-A-Y-O-N-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de rayon.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Les pectorales, larges et allongées, présentent trois rayons libres auxquels se rendent des nerfs volumineux; ce sont des organes de tact.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • aryons
  • raoyns
  • raynos
  • rayonns
  • rayonss
  • rayosn
  • rayyons
  • rrayons
  • ryaons

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of rayons - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

aryons2raoyns2raynos2rayonns1rayonss1rayosn2rayyons1rrayons1
Edit distance from "rayons"

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 "rayons"?
"rayons" is spelled R-A-Y-O-N-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁɛ.jɔ̃\.
What does "rayons" mean?
As a noun, "rayons" means: Pluriel de rayon.
What words are commonly confused with "rayons"?
"rayons" is commonly confused with "rays", "rêvons", "rayon". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "rayons"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "rayons" is \ʁɛ.jɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "rayons" come from?
"rayons" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list