radiéevsraiesWhat's the difference?

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.

6 ch
radiée
5 ch
raies

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": . Private to "raies": s.

"radiée" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVV  ·  "raies" · 5 letters · shape CVVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • raiesraeis · raiess · raise · riaes · rraies

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "radiée" and "raies" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently (\ʁa.dje\ versus \ʁɛ\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "radiée" vs "raies" - which ranks higher?
"raies" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #24,003 in our French list, against #44,125 for "radiée". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list