Which to use
“radié” and “raté” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #33,426
- “radié” frequency rank
- #3,217
- “raté” frequency rank
- 36643
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | radié | raté |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | Qui a raté, qui a échoué, qui n’a pas atteint son but. |
Where the eye mixes radié and raté
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
A purely visual mix-up. radié (\ʁa.dje\) and raté (\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 differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 36643, 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\. raté is at rank #3,217, tagged as anadj, 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 36643, this pair ranks #268,162 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of radié vs raté
Shared letters: aré. Private to "radié": di. Private to "raté": t.
"radié" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV · "raté" · 4 letters · shape CVCV