raisonnéevsraisonnerConfusable pair

Quick tell: raisonnée is a adjective, raisonner is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“raisonnée” is an adjective and “raisonner” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#26,149
“raisonnée” frequency rank
#14,776
“raisonner” frequency rank
40925
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature raisonnée raisonner
Definition Féminin singulier de raisonné. Se servir de sa raison pour connaître, pour juger.

Same sound, different letters: raisonnée vs raisonner

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. raisonnée (CVVCVCCVV) and raisonner (CVVCVCCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

9 ch
raisonnée
9 ch
raisonner

Homophone desk: raisonnée vs raisonner

Say them out loud and nothing separates them: raisonnée and raisonner carry the same recorded pronunciation, \ʁɛ.zɔ.ne\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anadjective, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 40925, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

raisonnée is recorded at frequency rank #26,149, classified as anadj, pronounced \ʁɛ.zɔ.ne\. raisonner is at rank #14,776, tagged as averb, 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 40925, this pair ranks #236,905 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of raisonnée vs raisonner

Shared letters: aeinors. Private to "raisonnée": é. Private to "raisonner": -.

"raisonnée" · 9 letters · shape CVVCVCCVV  ·  "raisonner" · 9 letters · shape CVVCVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • raisonner ← arisonner · raiosnner · raisnoner · raisonenr · raisoner · raisonnerr · raisonnre · raissonner

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "raisonnée" for "raisonner" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "raisonnée" is an adjective and "raisonner" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "raisonnée" vs "raisonner" - which ranks higher?
"raisonner" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #14,776 in our French list, against #26,149 for "raisonnée". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

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 "raisonnée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "raisonner" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #236,905 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "raisonnée" and "raisonner" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "raisonné vs raisonnée". 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 #236,905 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