RamosvsrayésWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: Ramos is a name, rayés is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“Ramos” is a name and “rayés” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#18,847
“Ramos” frequency rank
#43,107
“rayés” frequency rank
61954
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Ramos rayés
Definition Nom de famille. Masculin pluriel de rayé.

Letter map: Ramos vs rayés

Shared letters muted; letters that set Ramos and rayés apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

5 ch
Ramos
5 ch
rayés

Role in the sentence - Ramos and rayés

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Ramos is aname and rayésanadjective. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 61954, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Ramos is recorded at frequency rank #18,847, classified as aname. rayés is at rank #43,107, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ʁɛ.je\.

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 61954, this pair ranks #89,590 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of Ramos vs rayés

Shared letters: ars. Private to "Ramos": mo. Private to "rayés": .

"Ramos" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC  ·  "rayés" · 5 letters · shape CVVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Ramosarmos · rammos · ramoss · ramso · raoms · rmaos · rramos

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "Ramos" and "rayés" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Ramos" is a name and "rayés" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary French text, does "Ramos" or "rayés" show up more?
"Ramos" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #18,847 in our French list, against #43,107 for "rayés". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pair "Ramos" vs "rayés" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Ramos" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "rayés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #89,590 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Ramos" and "rayés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "rayés vs Rhys". 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 #89,590 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