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“raides” and “ruinés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #26,838
- “raides” frequency rank
- #37,536
- “ruinés” frequency rank
- 64374
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | raides | ruinés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de raide. | Masculin pluriel de ruiné. |
Where the eye mixes raides and ruinés
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. raides and ruinés follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: raides vs ruinés
A purely visual mix-up. raides (\ʁɛd\) and ruinés (\ʁɥi.ne\) 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 64374, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
raides is recorded at frequency rank #26,838, classified as anadj, pronounced \ʁɛd\. ruinés is at rank #37,536, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ʁɥi.ne\.
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 64374, this pair ranks #77,351 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of raides vs ruinés
Shared letters: irs. Private to "raides": ade. Private to "ruinés": nué.
"raides" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC · "ruinés" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- raides ← radies · raiddes · raidess · raidse · raieds · riades · rraides
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "raides" for "ruinés" ever safe?
Which is more common, "raides" or "ruinés"?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "raides" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "ruinés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #77,351 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "raides" and "ruinés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ruinés vs Rune". 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 #77,351 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.