Which to use
“rasage” is a noun and “rasée” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #29,935
- “rasage” frequency rank
- #27,930
- “rasée” frequency rank
- 57865
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | rasage | rasée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Action de raser ou de se raser. | Participe passé féminin singulier de raser. |
Where the eye mixes rasage and rasée
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between rasage and rasée
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: rasage is \ʁa.zaʒ\ while rasée 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 (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 57865, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
rasage is recorded at frequency rank #29,935, classified as anoun, pronounced \ʁa.zaʒ\. rasée is at rank #27,930, 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 57865, this pair ranks #112,482 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of rasage vs rasée
Shared letters: aers. Private to "rasage": g. Private to "rasée": é.
"rasage" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "rasée" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- rasage ← arsage · raasge · rasaeg · rasagge · rasgae · rassage · rrasage · rsaage
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "rasage" for "rasée" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "rasage" or "rasée" show up more?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "rasage" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "rasée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #112,482 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "rasage" and "rasée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "rasage vs ravagés". 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 #112,482 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.