Which to use
“rasé” and “rasées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #14,778
- “rasé” frequency rank
- #48,140
- “rasées” frequency rank
- 62918
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | rasé | rasées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin singulier de raser. | Participe passé féminin pluriel de raser. |
Same sound, different letters: rasé vs rasées
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 4 letters. rasé runs 4 letters (CVCV) against rasées's 6 (CVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - rasé / rasées
This is the hard kind. rasé and rasées are pronounced identically (\ʁa.ze\) and both work as averb. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “rasé” sits inside “rasées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 62918, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
rasé is recorded at frequency rank #14,778, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁa.ze\. 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 62918, this pair ranks #84,565 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of rasé vs rasées
Shared letters: arsé. Private to "rasé": -. Private to "rasées": e.
"rasé" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "rasées" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "rasé" for "rasées" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "rasé" or "rasées" show up more?
What to do next
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "rasé" 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 #84,565 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "rasé" and "rasées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "râles vs rasées". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #84,565 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.