Which to use
“raide” and “rayée” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #13,455
- “raide” frequency rank
- #34,275
- “rayée” frequency rank
- 47730
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | raide | rayée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui est très tendu et qui a de la peine à ployer. | Féminin singulier de rayé. |
Where the eye mixes raide and rayée
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. raide (CVVCV) and rayée (CVVVV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Why the eye confuses raide with rayée
A purely visual mix-up. raide (\ʁɛd\) and rayée (\ʁɛ.je\) 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 47730, 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\. rayée is at rank #34,275, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ʁɛ.je\.
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 47730, this pair ranks #184,596 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of raide vs rayée
Shared letters: aer. Private to "raide": di. Private to "rayée": yé.
"raide" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV · "rayée" · 5 letters · shape CVVVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- raide ← radie · raidde · raied · riade · rraide
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "raide" for "rayée" ever safe?
Frequency check: "raide" vs "rayée" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "raide" and "rayée" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "raide" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "rayée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #184,596 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "raide" and "rayée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "râles vs rayée". 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 #184,596 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.