Which to use
“rasées” and “rasés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #48,140
- “rasées” frequency rank
- #35,673
- “rasés” frequency rank
- 83813
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | rasées | rasés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin pluriel de raser. | Participe passé masculin pluriel de raser. |
Same sound, different letters: rasées vs rasés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters. rasées runs 6 letters (CVCVVC) against rasés's 5 (CVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: rasées vs rasés
This is the hard kind. rasées and rasés 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 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 83813, 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\. rasés is at rank #35,673, 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 83813, this pair ranks #14,121 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of rasées vs rasés
Shared letters: arsé. Private to "rasées": e. Private to "rasés": -.
"rasées" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC · "rasés" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "rasées" for "rasés" ever safe?
Which is more common, "rasées" or "rasés"?
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 "rasées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "rasés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #14,121 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "rasées" and "rasés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "râles vs rasées". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #14,121 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.