Which to use
“radis” and “râles” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #29,099
- “radis” frequency rank
- #48,774
- “râles” frequency rank
- 77873
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | radis | râles |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Légume potager du genre Raphanus (famille des Brassicaceae), dont la racine est comestible. | Pluriel de râle. |
Where the eye mixes radis and râles
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence. radis and râles follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses radis with râles
A purely visual mix-up. radis (\ʁa.di\) and râles (\ʁɑl\) 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 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 77873, 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\. râles is at rank #48,774, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ʁɑl\.
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 77873, this pair ranks #27,216 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of radis vs râles
Shared letters: rs. Private to "radis": adi. Private to "râles": elâ.
"radis" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "râles" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- radis ← ardis · raddis · radiss · radsi · rdais · rradis
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "radis" and "râles" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "radis" or "râles"?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "radis" and "râles" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "radis" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "râles" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #27,216 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "radis" and "râles" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "râles vs rasées". 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 #27,216 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.