Which to use
“rangée” is a noun and “rayée” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #12,459
- “rangée” frequency rank
- #34,275
- “rayée” frequency rank
- 46734
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | rangée | rayée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Suite d'objets ou de personnes sur un même rang, sur une même file. | Féminin singulier de rayé. |
Where the eye mixes rangée and rayée
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. rangée runs 6 letters (CVCCVV) against rayée's 5 (CVVVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between rangée and rayée
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: rangée is \ʁɑ̃.ʒe\ while rayée is \ʁɛ.je\. 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 (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 46734, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
rangée is recorded at frequency rank #12,459, classified as anoun, pronounced \ʁɑ̃.ʒe\. rayée is at rank #34,275, 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 46734, this pair ranks #192,546 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of rangée vs rayée
Shared letters: aeré. Private to "rangée": gn. Private to "rayée": y.
"rangée" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV · "rayée" · 5 letters · shape CVVVV
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "rangée" and "rayée" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "rangée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "rayée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #192,546 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "rangée" and "rayée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "râles vs rayée". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #192,546 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.