ramenésvsratéesWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: ramenés is a verb, ratées is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

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

#24,735
“ramenés” frequency rank
#37,024
“ratées” frequency rank
61759
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature ramenés ratées
Definition Participe passé masculin pluriel de ramener. Féminin pluriel de raté.

Where the eye mixes ramenés and ratées

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

7 ch
ramenés
6 ch
ratées

Look-alike desk: ramenés vs ratées

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: ramenés is \ʁa.mə.ne\ while ratées is \ʁa.te\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 61759, 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\. ratées is at rank #37,024, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ʁa.te\.

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 61759, this pair ranks #90,594 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of ramenés vs ratées

Shared letters: aersé. Private to "ramenés": mn. Private to "ratées": t.

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

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "ramenés" for "ratées" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "ramenés" is a verb and "ratées" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "ramenés" or "ratées"?
"ramenés" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #24,735 in our French list, against #37,024 for "ratées". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

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 "ratées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #90,594 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "ramenés" and "ratées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "râles vs ratées". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #90,594 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