Which to use
“radiée” is a noun and “rédigé” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #44,125
- “radiée” frequency rank
- #6,751
- “rédigé” frequency rank
- 50876
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | radiée | rédigé |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Fleur radiée. | Participe passé masculin singulier de rédiger. |
Where the eye mixes radiée and rédigé
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. radiée (CVCVVV) and rédigé (CVCVCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Why the eye confuses radiée with rédigé
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: radiée is \ʁa.dje\ while rédigé is \ʁe.di.ʒe\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50876, 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\. rédigé is at rank #6,751, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁe.di.ʒe\.
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 50876, this pair ranks #159,251 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of radiée vs rédigé
Shared letters: diré. Private to "radiée": ae. Private to "rédigé": g.
"radiée" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVV · "rédigé" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "radiée" for "rédigé" ever safe?
Frequency check: "radiée" vs "rédigé" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "radiée" and "rédigé" 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 "rédigé" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #159,251 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "radiée" and "rédigé" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "radial vs radiée". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #159,251 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.