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“raisonnable” and “raisonnables” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#4,273
“raisonnable” frequency rank
#11,114
“raisonnables” frequency rank
15387
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature raisonnable raisonnables
Definition Ce qui satisfait à la raison. Pluriel de raisonnable.

Same sound, different letters: raisonnable vs raisonnables

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 11 letters. raisonnable runs 11 letters (CVVCVCCVCCV) against raisonnables's 12 (CVVCVCCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

11 ch
raisonnable
12 ch
raisonnables

Same sound, different spelling - raisonnable / raisonnables

This is the hard kind. raisonnable and raisonnables are pronounced identically (\ʁɛ.zɔ.nabl\) and both work as anoun. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “raisonnable” sits inside “raisonnables”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 15387, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

raisonnable is recorded at frequency rank #4,273, classified as anoun, pronounced \ʁɛ.zɔ.nabl\. raisonnables is at rank #11,114, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ʁɛ.zɔ.nabl\.

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 15387, this pair ranks #392,592 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of raisonnable vs raisonnables

Shared letters: abeilnors. Private to "raisonnable": -. Private to "raisonnables": -.

"raisonnable" · 11 letters · shape CVVCVCCVCCV  ·  "raisonnables" · 12 letters · shape CVVCVCCVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • raisonnable ← arisonnable · raiosnnable · raisnonable · raisonable · raisonanble · raisonnabble · raisonnabel · raisonnablle
  • raisonnables ← arisonnables · raiosnnables · raisnonables · raisonables · raisonanbles · raisonnabbles · raisonnabels · raisonnabless

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "raisonnable" and "raisonnables" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are pronounced the same (\ʁɛ.zɔ.nabl\), which is exactly why they get swapped in writing, but the dictionary meanings above are different, and pronunciation is no guide here.
Frequency check: "raisonnable" vs "raisonnables" - which ranks higher?
"raisonnable" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,273 in our French list, against #11,114 for "raisonnables". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.

  • Full dictionary entry for "raisonnable" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "raisonnables" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #392,592 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • 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 #392,592 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list