Which to use
“rasée” and “rasées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #27,930
- “rasée” frequency rank
- #48,140
- “rasées” frequency rank
- 76070
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | rasée | rasées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier de raser. | Participe passé féminin pluriel de raser. |
Same sound, different letters: rasée vs rasées
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters. rasée runs 5 letters (CVCVV) 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 - rasée / rasées
This is the hard kind. rasée 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 1 extra letter(s) - “rasée” sits inside “rasées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 76070, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
rasée is recorded at frequency rank #27,930, 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 76070, this pair ranks #32,174 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of rasée vs rasées
Shared letters: aersé. Private to "rasée": -. Private to "rasées": -.
"rasée" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV · "rasées" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "rasée" and "rasées" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "rasée" vs "rasées" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
You've separated the homophone pair "rasée" / "rasées". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "rasée" 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 #32,174 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "rasée" and "rasées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "râles vs rasées". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #32,174 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.