Which to use
“radio” and “rai” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,010
- “radio” frequency rank
- #22,057
- “rai” frequency rank
- 23067
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | radio | rai |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Appareil émetteur et récepteur de radiocommunication. | Rayon, trait de lumière. |
Where the eye mixes radio and rai
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: radio vs rai
A purely visual mix-up. radio (\ʁa.djo\) and rai (\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 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 23067, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
radio is recorded at frequency rank #1,010, classified as anoun, pronounced \ʁa.djo\. rai is at rank #22,057, 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 23067, this pair ranks #354,558 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of radio vs rai
Shared letters: air. Private to "radio": do. Private to "rai": -.
"radio" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV · "rai" · 3 letters · shape CVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- radio ← ardio · raddio · radoi · raido · rdaio · rradio
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "radio" and "rai" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "radio" vs "rai" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "radio" and "rai" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "radio" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "rai" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #354,558 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "radio" and "rai" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "rai vs Reis". 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 #354,558 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.