ramervsrasésConfusable pair

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.

5 ch
ramer
5 ch
rasés

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?
No. They are said differently (\ʁa.me\ versus \ʁa.ze\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "ramer" vs "rasés" - which ranks higher?
"rasés" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #35,673 in our French list, against #36,123 for "ramer". 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 "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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list