Which to use
“racle” and “rage” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #48,135
- “racle” frequency rank
- #4,441
- “rage” frequency rank
- 52576
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | racle | rage |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Outil servant à racler. | Maladie (nommée aussi hydrophobie) dont sont affectés les chiens, plus rarement les loups et les chats, et qui peut se communiquer aux autres animaux et même à l’être humain ; caractérisée par le besoin de mordre, par des convulsions et par une salivation propre à inoculer la maladie. |
Where the eye mixes racle and rage
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between racle and rage
A purely visual mix-up. racle (\ʁakl\) and rage (\ʁaʒ\) 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 52576, 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\. rage is at rank #4,441, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ʁaʒ\.
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 52576, this pair ranks #146,746 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of racle vs rage
Shared letters: aer. Private to "racle": cl. Private to "rage": g.
"racle" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "rage" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "racle" for "rage" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "racle" or "rage" show up more?
Useful next steps
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 "rage" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #146,746 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "racle" and "rage" 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 #146,746 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.