rayure

/\ʁe.jyʁ\/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#46,397

in French word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

7

similar word pairs

rayure is aFrenchnoun. It means: Entaille, trace, éraflure faite sur une surface polie par un objet contondant. Pronounced \ʁe.jyʁ\. Often confused with rayures and rare.

Key facts for rayure
PropertyValue
Headwordrayure
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʁe.jyʁ\
Letters6
Frequency rank#46,397
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for rayure is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ʁe.jyʁ\. Corpus data places it at rank #46,397 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for rayure, with forms such as "aryure", "rauyre", and "rayrue". 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 7 confusable-pair relationships, "rayures", "rare", "rayé", 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 rayure, spelled R-A-Y-U-R-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Entaille, trace, éraflure faite sur une surface polie par un objet contondant.
  2. 2
    Rainure hélicoïdale ménagée dans l’âme du canon d’une arme à feu, afin d’augmenter la stabilité du projectile en lui imposant un mouvement de rotation (canon rayé).
  3. 3
    Impulsion parasite de courte durée qui traverse le signal vidéo à peu près au niveau du noir de référence sur l’oscilloscope de contrôle.
  4. 4
    Bande d’une certaine largeur contrastant par rapport au fond.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: aryure,rauyre,rayrue,rayuer,rayurre,rayyure,rrayure,ryaure

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for rayure

Misspelling Variants of "rayure"

aryure6rauyre6rayrue6rayuer6rayurre7rayyure7rrayure7ryaure6
Misspelling Variants of "rayure"

Frequency rank: #46,397 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "rayure"?
"rayure" is spelled R-A-Y-U-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁe.jyʁ\.
What does "rayure" mean?
As a noun, "rayure" means: Entaille, trace, éraflure faite sur une surface polie par un objet contondant.
What words are commonly confused with "rayure"?
"rayure" is commonly confused with "rayures", "rare", "rayé". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "rayure"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "rayure" is \ʁe.jyʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "rayure" come from?
"rayure" 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.