Which to use
“racle” is a noun and “radié” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #48,135
- “racle” frequency rank
- #33,426
- “radié” frequency rank
- 81561
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | racle | radié |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Outil servant à racler. | Disposé en rayons concentriques, en particulier en parlant des fleurs dont le disque est composé de fleurons, et la circonférence de demi-fleurons qui forment des rayons (comme le tournesol), ainsi qu’en zoologie. |
Where the eye mixes racle and radié
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence. racle (CVCCV) and radié (CVCVV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Why the eye confuses racle with radié
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: racle is \ʁakl\ while radié is \ʁa.dje\. 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 (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 81561, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
racle is recorded at frequency rank #48,135, classified as anoun, pronounced \ʁakl\. radié is at rank #33,426, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ʁa.dje\.
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 81561, this pair ranks #18,498 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of racle vs radié
Shared letters: ar. Private to "racle": cel. Private to "radié": dié.
"racle" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "radié" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- racle ← arcle · raccle · racel · raclle · ralce · rcale · rracle
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "racle" for "radié" ever safe?
Which is more common, "racle" or "radié"?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "racle" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "radié" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #18,498 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "racle" and "radié" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "racle vs râles". 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 #18,498 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.