Which to use
“raisonné” and “raisonnée” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #23,330
- “raisonné” frequency rank
- #26,149
- “raisonnée” frequency rank
- 49479
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | raisonné | raisonnée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui est appuyé de raisons et de preuves. | Féminin singulier de raisonné. |
Same sound, different letters: raisonné vs raisonnée
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. raisonné runs 8 letters (CVVCVCCV) against raisonnée's 9 (CVVCVCCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - raisonné and raisonnée
This is the hard kind. raisonné and raisonnée are pronounced identically (\ʁɛ.zɔ.ne\) and both work as anadjective. 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) - “raisonné” sits inside “raisonnée”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49479, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
raisonné is recorded at frequency rank #23,330, classified as anadj, pronounced \ʁɛ.zɔ.ne\. raisonnée is at rank #26,149, 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 49479, this pair ranks #170,300 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of raisonné vs raisonnée
Shared letters: ainorsé. Private to "raisonné": -. Private to "raisonnée": e.
"raisonné" · 8 letters · shape CVVCVCCV · "raisonnée" · 9 letters · shape CVVCVCCVV
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "raisonné" for "raisonnée" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "raisonné" or "raisonnée" show up more?
After this comparison
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "raisonné" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "raisonnée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #170,300 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "raisonné" and "raisonnée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "raiponce vs raisonné". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #170,300 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.