Which to use
“radié” is an adjective and “radiée” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #33,426
- “radié” frequency rank
- #44,125
- “radiée” frequency rank
- 77551
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | radié | radiée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Disposé en rayons concentriques, en particulier en parlant des fleurs dont le disque est composé de fleurons, et la circonférence de demi-fleurons qui forment des rayons (comme le tournesol), ainsi qu’en zoologie. | Fleur radiée. |
Same sound, different letters: radié vs radiée
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters. radié runs 5 letters (CVCVV) against radiée's 6 (CVCVVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - radié and radiée
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: radié and radiée carry the same recorded pronunciation, \ʁa.dje\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anadjective, the other anoun, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “radié” sits inside “radiée”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 77551, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
radié is recorded at frequency rank #33,426, classified as anadj, pronounced \ʁa.dje\. 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 77551, this pair ranks #28,040 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of radié vs radiée
Shared letters: adiré. Private to "radié": -. Private to "radiée": e.
"radié" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV · "radiée" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVV
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "radié" and "radiée" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "radié" or "radiée" show up more?
What to do next
You've separated the homophone pair "radié" / "radiée". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "radié" 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 #28,040 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "radié" and "radiée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "radial vs radiée". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #28,040 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.