Which to use
“rasées” and “raser” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #48,140
- “rasées” frequency rank
- #12,233
- “raser” frequency rank
- 60373
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | rasées | raser |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin pluriel de raser. | Tondre, couper le poil ou les cheveux tout près de la peau avec un rasoir. |
Where the eye mixes rasées and raser
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. rasées runs 6 letters (CVCVVC) against raser's 5 (CVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between rasées and raser
A purely visual mix-up. rasées (\ʁa.ze\) and raser (\ʁɑ.ze\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 60373, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
rasées is recorded at frequency rank #48,140, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁa.ze\. raser is at rank #12,233, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁɑ.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 60373, this pair ranks #97,920 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of rasées vs raser
Shared letters: aers. Private to "rasées": é. Private to "raser": -.
"rasées" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC · "raser" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- raser ← arser · raesr · raserr · rasre · rasser · rraser · rsaer
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "rasées" for "raser" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "rasées" or "raser" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "rasées" and "raser" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "rasées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "raser" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #97,920 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "rasées" and "raser" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "râles vs rasées". 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 #97,920 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.