Which to use
“rabais” and “rabbins” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #12,034
- “rabais” frequency rank
- #31,204
- “rabbins” frequency rank
- 43238
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | rabais | rabbins |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Acte par lequel un vendeur consent une diminution sur le prix d’un objet ou sur la rémunération d’un travail. | Pluriel de rabbin. |
Where the eye mixes rabais and rabbins
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. rabais runs 6 letters (CVCVVC) against rabbins's 7 (CVCCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses rabais with rabbins
A purely visual mix-up. rabais (\ʁa.bɛ\) and rabbins (\ʁa.bɛ̃\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 43238, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
rabais is recorded at frequency rank #12,034, classified as anoun, pronounced \ʁa.bɛ\. rabbins is at rank #31,204, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ʁa.bɛ̃\.
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 43238, this pair ranks #219,630 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of rabais vs rabbins
Shared letters: abirs. Private to "rabais": -. Private to "rabbins": n.
"rabais" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC · "rabbins" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "rabais" and "rabbins" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "rabais" or "rabbins" show up more?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "rabais" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "rabbins" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #219,630 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "rabais" and "rabbins" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "rabbins vs rabin". 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 #219,630 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.