Which to use
“rabais” and “rachis” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #12,034
- “rabais” frequency rank
- #49,307
- “rachis” frequency rank
- 61341
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | rabais | rachis |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Acte par lequel un vendeur consent une diminution sur le prix d’un objet ou sur la rémunération d’un travail. | Empilement de 33 ou 34 vertèbres, qui forment le support du dos des vertébrés et sur certaines desquelles sont fixées les côtes. |
Where the eye mixes rabais and rachis
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. rabais (CVCVVC) and rachis (CVCCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: rabais vs rachis
A purely visual mix-up. rabais (\ʁa.bɛ\) and rachis (\ʁa.ʃis\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 61341, 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\. rachis is at rank #49,307, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ʁa.ʃis\.
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 61341, this pair ranks #92,783 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of rabais vs rachis
Shared letters: airs. Private to "rabais": b. Private to "rachis": ch.
"rabais" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC · "rachis" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "rabais" and "rachis" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "rabais" or "rachis" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "rabais" and "rachis" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "rabais" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "rachis" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #92,783 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "rabais" and "rachis" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "rachis vs rais". 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 #92,783 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.