Which to use
“rachats” and “rachis” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #36,555
- “rachats” frequency rank
- #49,307
- “rachis” frequency rank
- 85862
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | rachats | rachis |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de rachat. | 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 rachats and rachis
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. rachats runs 7 letters (CVCCVCC) against rachis's 6 (CVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between rachats and rachis
A purely visual mix-up. rachats (\ʁa.ʃa\) 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 differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 85862, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
rachats is recorded at frequency rank #36,555, classified as anoun, pronounced \ʁa.ʃa\. 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 85862, this pair ranks #10,632 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of rachats vs rachis
Shared letters: achrs. Private to "rachats": t. Private to "rachis": i.
"rachats" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC · "rachis" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "rachats" and "rachis" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "rachats" vs "rachis" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "rachats" and "rachis" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "rachats" 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 #10,632 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "rachats" 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 #10,632 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.