ramenésvsraséesTell them apart

Which to use

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

#24,735
“ramenés” frequency rank
#48,140
“rasées” frequency rank
72875
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature ramenés rasées
Definition Participe passé masculin pluriel de ramener. Participe passé féminin pluriel de raser.

Where the eye mixes ramenés and rasées

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. ramenés runs 7 letters (CVCVCVC) against rasées's 6 (CVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
ramenés
6 ch
rasées

Why the eye confuses ramenés with rasées

A purely visual mix-up. ramenés (\ʁa.mə.ne\) and rasées (\ʁa.ze\) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 72875, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

ramenés is recorded at frequency rank #24,735, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁa.mə.ne\. rasées is at rank #48,140, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁa.ze\.

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 72875, this pair ranks #42,456 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of ramenés vs rasées

Shared letters: aersé. Private to "ramenés": mn. Private to "rasées": -.

"ramenés" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC  ·  "rasées" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "ramenés" for "rasées" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (\ʁa.mə.ne\ versus \ʁa.ze\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "ramenés" vs "rasées" - which ranks higher?
"ramenés" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #24,735 in our French list, against #48,140 for "rasées". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "ramenés" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "rasées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #42,456 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "ramenés" and "rasées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "râles vs rasées". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #42,456 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