Which to use
“radis” and “rais” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #29,099
- “radis” frequency rank
- #37,509
- “rais” frequency rank
- 66608
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | radis | rais |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Légume potager du genre Raphanus (famille des Brassicaceae), dont la racine est comestible. | Ancienne orthographe de rai, figurant au Dictionnaire de l'Académie française jusqu’en 1878. |
Where the eye mixes radis and rais
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses radis with rais
A purely visual mix-up. radis (\ʁa.di\) and rais (\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 66608, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
radis is recorded at frequency rank #29,099, classified as anoun, pronounced \ʁa.di\. rais is at rank #37,509, 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 66608, this pair ranks #67,085 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of radis vs rais
Shared letters: airs. Private to "radis": d. Private to "rais": -.
"radis" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "rais" · 4 letters · shape CVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "radis" for "rais" ever safe?
Which is more common, "radis" or "rais"?
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 "radis" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "rais" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #67,085 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "radis" and "rais" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "rais vs Rhys". 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 #67,085 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.