Which to use
“raison” is a noun and “raisonné” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #259
- “raison” frequency rank
- #23,330
- “raisonné” frequency rank
- 23589
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | raison | raisonné |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Faculté intellectuelle par laquelle l’homme connaît, juge et se conduit ; entendement. | Qui est appuyé de raisons et de preuves. |
Where the eye mixes raison and raisonné
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. raison runs 6 letters (CVVCVC) against raisonné's 8 (CVVCVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses raison with raisonné
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: raison is \ʁɛ.zɔ̃\ while raisonné is \ʁɛ.zɔ.ne\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “raison” sits inside “raisonné”, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 23589, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
raison is recorded at frequency rank #259, classified as anoun, pronounced \ʁɛ.zɔ̃\. raisonné is at rank #23,330, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ʁɛ.zɔ.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 23589, this pair ranks #351,600 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of raison vs raisonné
Shared letters: ainors. Private to "raison": -. Private to "raisonné": é.
"raison" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC · "raisonné" · 8 letters · shape CVVCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- raison ← arison · raiosn · raisno · raisonn · raisson · rasion · riason · rraison
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "raison" and "raisonné" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "raison" vs "raisonné" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "raison" and "raisonné" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "raison" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "raisonné" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #351,600 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "raison" and "raisonné" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "raiponce vs raisonné". 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 #351,600 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.