Which to use
“rasée” is a verb and “rayés” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #27,930
- “rasée” frequency rank
- #43,107
- “rayés” frequency rank
- 71037
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | rasée | rayés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier de raser. | Masculin pluriel de rayé. |
Where the eye mixes rasée and rayés
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. rasée (CVCVV) and rayés (CVVVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Why the eye confuses rasée with rayés
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: rasée is \ʁa.ze\ while rayés is \ʁɛ.je\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 71037, 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\. rayés is at rank #43,107, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ʁɛ.je\.
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 71037, this pair ranks #49,037 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of rasée vs rayés
Shared letters: arsé. Private to "rasée": e. Private to "rayés": y.
"rasée" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV · "rayés" · 5 letters · shape CVVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "rasée" for "rayés" ever safe?
Frequency check: "rasée" vs "rayés" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "rasée" and "rayés" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "rasée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "rayés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #49,037 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "rasée" and "rayés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "rayés vs Rhys". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #49,037 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.