Which to use
“radié” and “rayée” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #33,426
- “radié” frequency rank
- #34,275
- “rayée” frequency rank
- 67701
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | radié | rayée |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | Féminin singulier de rayé. |
Where the eye mixes radié and rayée
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. radié (CVCVV) and rayée (CVVVV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: radié vs rayée
A purely visual mix-up. radié (\ʁa.dje\) and rayée (\ʁɛ.je\) 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 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 67701, 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\. rayée is at rank #34,275, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ʁɛ.je\.
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 67701, this pair ranks #62,248 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of radié vs rayée
Shared letters: aré. Private to "radié": di. Private to "rayée": ey.
"radié" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV · "rayée" · 5 letters · shape CVVVV
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "radié" and "rayée" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "radié" or "rayée"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "radié" and "rayée" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "radié" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "rayée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #62,248 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "radié" and "rayée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "râles vs rayée". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #62,248 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.