rasévsRuneTell them apart

Quick tell: rasé is a verb, Rune is a name, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“rasé” is a verb and “Rune” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#14,778
“rasé” frequency rank
#47,011
“Rune” frequency rank
61789
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature rasé Rune
Definition Participe passé masculin singulier de raser. Nom de famille.

Letter map: rasé vs Rune

Shared letters muted; letters that set rasé and Rune apart highlighted. Shared run: 1.

4 ch
rasé
4 ch
Rune

Part-of-speech tell for rasé / Rune

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: rasé is averb and Runeaname. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 61789, 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\. Rune is at rank #47,011, tagged as aname.

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 61789, this pair ranks #90,426 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of rasé vs Rune

Shared letters: r. Private to "rasé": asé. Private to "Rune": enu.

"rasé" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "Rune" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Runernue · rrune · ruen · runne

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "rasé" for "Rune" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "rasé" is a verb and "Rune" a name, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary French text, does "rasé" or "Rune" show up more?
"rasé" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #14,778 in our French list, against #47,011 for "Rune". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "rasé" and "Rune".

  • Full dictionary entry for "rasé" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Rune" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #90,426 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "rasé" and "Rune" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "rani vs Rune". 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 #90,426 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list