Which to use
“rade” and “Re” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #18,297
- “rade” frequency rank
- #2,641
- “Re” frequency rank
- 20938
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | rade | Re |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Entrée de mer, naturelle ou artificielle, à l’abri du vent, dans la terre, qui permet un bon mouillage des bateaux. | Taux effectif de transmission d’une maladie. |
Where the eye mixes rade and Re
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: rade vs Re
A purely visual mix-up. rade (\ʁad\) and Re (\ɛ.ʁœ\) 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 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 20938, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
rade is recorded at frequency rank #18,297, classified as anoun, pronounced \ʁad\. Re is at rank #2,641, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ɛ.ʁœ\.
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 20938, this pair ranks #365,700 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of rade vs Re
Shared letters: er. Private to "rade": ad. Private to "Re": -.
"rade" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "Re" · 2 letters · shape CV
Known mistypes of this pair
- rade ← arde · radde · raed · rdae · rrade
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "rade" for "Re" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "rade" or "Re" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "rade" and "Re" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "rade" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Re" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #365,700 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "rade" and "Re" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "rade vs RAMQ". 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 #365,700 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.