Which to use
“racle” and “ratée” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #48,135
- “racle” frequency rank
- #15,989
- “ratée” frequency rank
- 64124
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | racle | ratée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Outil servant à racler. | Femme qui n’a pas réussi dans une entreprise, dans une démarche, dans sa vie, etc. |
Where the eye mixes racle and ratée
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. racle (CVCCV) and ratée (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 ratée
A purely visual mix-up. racle (\ʁakl\) and ratée (\ʁa.te\) 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 64124, 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\. ratée is at rank #15,989, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ʁa.te\.
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 64124, this pair ranks #78,572 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of racle vs ratée
Shared letters: aer. Private to "racle": cl. Private to "ratée": té.
"racle" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "ratée" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- racle ← arcle · raccle · racel · raclle · ralce · rcale · rracle
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "racle" and "ratée" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "racle" vs "ratée" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "racle" and "ratée" 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 "ratée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #78,572 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "racle" and "ratée" 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 #78,572 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.