Which to use
“radiée” and “raies” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #44,125
- “radiée” frequency rank
- #24,003
- “raies” frequency rank
- 68128
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | radiée | raies |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Fleur radiée. | Pluriel de raie. |
Where the eye mixes radiée and raies
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. radiée runs 6 letters (CVCVVV) against raies's 5 (CVVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between radiée and raies
A purely visual mix-up. radiée (\ʁa.dje\) and raies (\ʁɛ\) 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 68128, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
radiée is recorded at frequency rank #44,125, classified as anoun, pronounced \ʁa.dje\. raies is at rank #24,003, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ʁɛ\.
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 68128, this pair ranks #60,445 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of radiée vs raies
Shared letters: aeir. Private to "radiée": dé. Private to "raies": s.
"radiée" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVV · "raies" · 5 letters · shape CVVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- raies ← raeis · raiess · raise · riaes · rraies
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "radiée" and "raies" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "radiée" vs "raies" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "radiée" and "raies" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "radiée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "raies" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #60,445 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "radiée" and "raies" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "radial vs radiée". 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 #60,445 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.