Which to use
“rares” is an adjective and “rasées” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #2,099
- “rares” frequency rank
- #48,140
- “rasées” frequency rank
- 50239
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | rares | rasées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de rare. | Participe passé féminin pluriel de raser. |
Where the eye mixes rares and rasées
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. rares runs 5 letters (CVCVC) against rasées's 6 (CVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between rares and rasées
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: rares is \ʁaʁ\ while rasées is \ʁa.ze\. 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 (adjective vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50239, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
rares is recorded at frequency rank #2,099, classified as anadj, pronounced \ʁaʁ\. rasées is at rank #48,140, 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 50239, this pair ranks #164,201 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of rares vs rasées
Shared letters: aers. Private to "rares": -. Private to "rasées": é.
"rares" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "rasées" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- rares ← arres · raers · raress · rarres · rarse · rraes · rrares
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "rares" for "rasées" ever safe?
Frequency check: "rares" vs "rasées" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "rares" and "rasées" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "rares" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "rasées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #164,201 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "rares" and "rasées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "râles vs rasées". 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 #164,201 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.