# rails vs rares

> French confusable word pair

## The two words

### rails
*noun · IPA \ʁaj\ · frequency rank #9,229*
Pluriel de rail.

### rares
*adjective · IPA \ʁaʁ\ · frequency rank #2,099*
Pluriel de rare.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/fr/vs/rails-vs-rares