Which to use
“ras” and “rojas” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #6,546
- “ras” frequency rank
- #49,335
- “rojas” frequency rank
- 55881
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | ras | rojas |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui a le poil très court, coupé tout près de la peau, en parlant d’un être vivant. | Féminin pluriel de rojo. |
Where the eye mixes ras and rojas
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses ras with rojas
A purely visual mix-up. ras (\ʁa\) and rojas (\ˈro.xas\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 55881, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
ras is recorded at frequency rank #6,546, classified as anadj, pronounced \ʁa\. rojas is at rank #49,335, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ˈro.xas\.
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 55881, this pair ranks #124,605 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of ras vs rojas
Shared letters: ars. Private to "ras": -. Private to "rojas": jo.
"ras" · 3 letters · shape CVC · "rojas" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- rojas ← orjas · rjoas · roajs · rojass · rojjas · rojsa · rrojas
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "ras" and "rojas" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "ras" or "rojas" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "ras" and "rojas" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "ras" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "rojas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #124,605 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "ras" and "rojas" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "rojas vs roya". 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 #124,605 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.