raséesvsrasésTell them apart

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.

6 ch
rasées
5 ch
rasés

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?
No. They are pronounced the same (\ʁa.ze\), which is exactly why they get swapped in writing, but the dictionary meanings above are different, and pronunciation is no guide here.
Which is more common, "rasées" or "rasés"?
"rasés" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #35,673 in our French list, against #48,140 for "rasées". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list