rayure

\ʁe.jyʁ\

/\ʁe.jyʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“rayure” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #46,397. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#46,397
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
7
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Entaille, trace, éraflure faite sur une surface polie par un objet contondant.

Corpus desk

Index FR-rayure · rayure · French

rayure · rank #46,397 · 8 variants · 7 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #46,397
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH rassasié

Nearest frequency peer: rassasié (-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 « rayure »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « rayure » 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).

rayure vs rayures
86% similar
rayure vs rare
67% similar
rayure vs rayé
50% similar

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

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)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « rayure »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.rayurese 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 « rassasié » (#46,396), « ramena » (#46,395), « reboisement » (#46,399). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « rayure » est au #46,397. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around rayure (IPA \ʁe.jyʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #46,397 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 rayure, with forms such as "aryure", "rauyre", and "rayrue". 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 7 confusable-pair relationships, "rayures", "rare", "rayé", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is rayure, spelled R-A-Y-U-R-E.

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.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Après les travaux pionniers de Réaumur destinés à caractériser la dureté des métaux, l’essai de rayure a trouvé deux domaines d’application à notre époque.
  2. Les rayures d’une glace.

Synonyms

éraflureraie

Antonyms

lisseuni

This word in other languages

scratch(English)raya(Español)Kratzer(Deutsch)barra(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • aryure
  • rauyre
  • rayrue
  • rayuer
  • rayurre
  • rayyure
  • rrayure
  • ryaure

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

aryure2rauyre2rayrue2rayuer2rayurre1rayyure1rrayure1ryaure2
Edit distance from "rayure"

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 "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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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

ramena#46,395remord#46,408rescue#46,412pylône#46,381

Similar misspelling depth

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

putois8 variantsRobyn8 variantsprism8 variantssalves8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list