Which to use
“enragés” is an adjective and “enrayer” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #33,245
- “enragés” frequency rank
- #22,845
- “enrayer” frequency rank
- 56090
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | enragés | enrayer |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Masculin pluriel de enragé. | Arrêter une roue par les rais, ou au moyen d’un sabot, d’un frein ou d’une chaîne, en sorte qu’elle ne tourne point et qu’elle ne fasse que glisser. |
Where the eye mixes enragés and enrayer
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. enragés (VCCVCVC) and enrayer (VCCVVVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: enragés vs enrayer
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: enragés is \ɑ̃.ʁa.ʒe\ while enrayer is \ɑ̃.ʁɛ.je\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 56090, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
enragés is recorded at frequency rank #33,245, classified as anadj, pronounced \ɑ̃.ʁa.ʒe\. enrayer is at rank #22,845, tagged as averb, pronounced \ɑ̃.ʁɛ.je\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 56090, this pair ranks #123,321 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of enragés vs enrayer
Shared letters: aenr. Private to "enragés": gsé. Private to "enrayer": y.
"enragés" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC · "enrayer" · 7 letters · shape VCCVVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- enrayer ← enaryer · ennrayer · enraeyr · enrayerr · enrayre · enrayyer · enrrayer · enryaer
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "enragés" and "enrayer" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "enragés" or "enrayer" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "enragés" and "enrayer" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "enragés" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "enrayer" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #123,321 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "enragés" and "enrayer" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "enragés vs enrôlés". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #123,321 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.