radiéevsravieConfusable pair

Quick tell: radiée is a noun, ravie is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“radiée” is a noun and “ravie” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#44,125
“radiée” frequency rank
#10,391
“ravie” frequency rank
54516
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature radiée ravie
Definition Fleur radiée. Féminin singulier de ravi.

Where the eye mixes radiée and ravie

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.

6 ch
radiée
5 ch
ravie

Why the eye confuses radiée with ravie

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: radiée is \ʁa.dje\ while ravie is \ʁa.vi\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 54516, 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\. ravie is at rank #10,391, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ʁa.vi\.

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 54516, this pair ranks #133,466 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of radiée vs ravie

Shared letters: aeir. Private to "radiée": . Private to "ravie": v.

"radiée" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVV  ·  "ravie" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • raviearvie · raive · ravei · ravvie · rravie

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "radiée" and "ravie" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "radiée" is a noun and "ravie" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "radiée" vs "ravie" - which ranks higher?
"ravie" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #10,391 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 "ravie" 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 "ravie" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #133,466 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "radiée" and "ravie" 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 #133,466 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