Which to use
“rais” and “raisin” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #37,509
- “rais” frequency rank
- #11,649
- “raisin” frequency rank
- 49158
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | rais | raisin |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Ancienne orthographe de rai, figurant au Dictionnaire de l'Académie française jusqu’en 1878. | Fruit de la vigne constitué d’une grappe de grains (baies) placés les uns à côté des autres d’une couleur clair à foncé suivant la variété. |
Where the eye mixes rais and raisin
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. rais runs 4 letters (CVVC) against raisin's 6 (CVVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses rais with raisin
A purely visual mix-up. rais (\ʁɛ\) and raisin (\ʁɛ.zɛ̃\) 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 2 extra letter(s) - “rais” sits inside “raisin”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49158, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
rais is recorded at frequency rank #37,509, classified as anoun, pronounced \ʁɛ\. raisin is at rank #11,649, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ʁɛ.zɛ̃\.
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 49158, this pair ranks #172,974 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of rais vs raisin
Shared letters: airs. Private to "rais": -. Private to "raisin": n.
"rais" · 4 letters · shape CVVC · "raisin" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "rais" and "raisin" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "rais" or "raisin" show up more?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "rais" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "raisin" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #172,974 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "rais" and "raisin" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "rais vs Rhys". 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 #172,974 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.