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“raclée” and “radiée” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #32,546
- “raclée” frequency rank
- #44,125
- “radiée” frequency rank
- 76671
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | raclée | radiée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Coups répétés portés à une personne ou à un animal. | Fleur radiée. |
Where the eye mixes raclée and radiée
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. raclée (CVCCVV) and radiée (CVCVVV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: raclée vs radiée
A purely visual mix-up. raclée (\ʁɑ.kle\) and radiée (\ʁa.dje\) 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 76671, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
raclée is recorded at frequency rank #32,546, classified as anoun, pronounced \ʁɑ.kle\. radiée is at rank #44,125, tagged as anoun, 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 76671, this pair ranks #30,474 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of raclée vs radiée
Shared letters: aeré. Private to "raclée": cl. Private to "radiée": di.
"raclée" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV · "radiée" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVV
Frequently Asked Questions
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Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "raclée" and "radiée" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "raclée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "radiée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #30,474 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "raclée" and "radiée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "radial vs radiée". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #30,474 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.