Which to use
“racle” and “râles” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #48,135
- “racle” frequency rank
- #48,774
- “râles” frequency rank
- 96909
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | racle | râles |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Outil servant à racler. | Pluriel de râle. |
Where the eye mixes racle and râles
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. racle (CVCCV) and râles (CVCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: racle vs râles
A purely visual mix-up. racle (\ʁakl\) and râles (\ʁɑl\) 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 4 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 96909, 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\. râles is at rank #48,774, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ʁɑl\.
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 96909, this pair ranks #527 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of racle vs râles
Shared letters: elr. Private to "racle": ac. Private to "râles": sâ.
"racle" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "râles" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- racle ← arcle · raccle · racel · raclle · ralce · rcale · rracle
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "racle" and "râles" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "racle" or "râles"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "racle" and "râles" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "racle" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "râles" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #527 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "racle" and "râles" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "râles vs rasées". 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 #527 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.