Which to use
“ramer” and “rasés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #36,123
- “ramer” frequency rank
- #35,673
- “rasés” frequency rank
- 71796
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | ramer | rasés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Manœuvrer la rame. | Participe passé masculin pluriel de raser. |
Where the eye mixes ramer and rasés
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence. ramer and rasés follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: ramer vs rasés
A purely visual mix-up. ramer (\ʁa.me\) and rasés (\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 share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 71796, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
ramer is recorded at frequency rank #36,123, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁa.me\. rasés is at rank #35,673, 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 71796, this pair ranks #46,268 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of ramer vs rasés
Shared letters: ar. Private to "ramer": em. Private to "rasés": sé.
"ramer" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "rasés" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- ramer ← raemr · ramerr · rammer · ramre · rmaer · rramer
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "ramer" for "rasés" ever safe?
Frequency check: "ramer" vs "rasés" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "ramer" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "rasés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #46,268 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "ramer" and "rasés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ramer vs RAMQ". 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 #46,268 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.