Which to use
“raide” and “raté” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #13,455
- “raide” frequency rank
- #3,217
- “raté” frequency rank
- 16672
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | raide | raté |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui est très tendu et qui a de la peine à ployer. | Qui a raté, qui a échoué, qui n’a pas atteint son but. |
Where the eye mixes raide and raté
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between raide and raté
A purely visual mix-up. raide (\ʁɛd\) and raté (\ʁa.te\) 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 16672, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
raide is recorded at frequency rank #13,455, classified as anadj, pronounced \ʁɛd\. raté is at rank #3,217, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ʁa.te\.
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 16672, this pair ranks #386,786 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of raide vs raté
Shared letters: ar. Private to "raide": dei. Private to "raté": té.
"raide" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV · "raté" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- raide ← radie · raidde · raied · riade · rraide
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "raide" for "raté" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "raide" or "raté" show up more?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "raide" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "raté" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #386,786 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "raide" and "raté" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "racle vs raide". 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 #386,786 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.