radiervsradiosTell them apart

Which to use

“radier” and “radios” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#41,992
“radier” frequency rank
#8,138
“radios” frequency rank
50130
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature radier radios
Definition Plate-forme en béton, en pierre, en charpente, etc. sur laquelle on assoit un bâtiment. Pluriel de radio.

Where the eye mixes radier and radios

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

6 ch
radier
6 ch
radios

Visual trap between radier and radios

A purely visual mix-up. radier (\ʁa.dje\) and radios (\ʁa.djo\) 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 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50130, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

radier is recorded at frequency rank #41,992, classified as anoun, pronounced \ʁa.dje\. radios is at rank #8,138, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ʁa.djo\.

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 50130, this pair ranks #165,085 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of radier vs radios

Shared letters: adir. Private to "radier": e. Private to "radios": os.

"radier" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC  ·  "radios" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • radierardier · raddier · radeir · radierr · radire · rdaier · rradier
  • radiosardios · raddios · radioss · radiso · radois · raidos · rdaios · rradios

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "radier" and "radios" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently (\ʁa.dje\ versus \ʁa.djo\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "radier" or "radios"?
"radios" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #8,138 in our French list, against #41,992 for "radier". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "radier" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "radios" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #165,085 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "radier" and "radios" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "radier vs rainier". 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 #165,085 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