Which to use
“raie” is a noun and “roué” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #16,222
- “raie” frequency rank
- #46,421
- “roué” frequency rank
- 62643
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | raie | roué |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Ligne tracée sur une surface. | Qualifie le bois du cerf, lorsqu’il est serré et peu ouvert. |
Where the eye mixes raie and roué
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 1 letter in sequence. raie and roué follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVVV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses raie with roué
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: raie is \ʁɛ\ while roué is \ʁwe\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 62643, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
raie is recorded at frequency rank #16,222, classified as anoun, pronounced \ʁɛ\. roué is at rank #46,421, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ʁwe\.
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 62643, this pair ranks #86,068 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of raie vs roué
Shared letters: r. Private to "raie": aei. Private to "roué": oué.
"raie" · 4 letters · shape CVVV · "roué" · 4 letters · shape CVVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- raie ← raei · riae · rraie
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "raie" for "roué" ever safe?
Which is more common, "raie" or "roué"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "raie" and "roué" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "raie" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "roué" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #86,068 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "raie" and "roué" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "roué vs roya". 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 #86,068 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.