Which to use
“rasées” is a verb and “ratées” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #48,140
- “rasées” frequency rank
- #37,024
- “ratées” frequency rank
- 85164
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | rasées | ratées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin pluriel de raser. | Féminin pluriel de raté. |
Where the eye mixes rasées and ratées
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. rasées and ratées follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses rasées with ratées
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: rasées is \ʁa.ze\ while ratées is \ʁa.te\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by a single letter - s in “rasées” becomes t in “ratées”, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 85164, 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\. ratées is at rank #37,024, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ʁa.te\.
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 85164, this pair ranks #11,782 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of rasées vs ratées
Shared letters: aersé. Private to "rasées": -. Private to "ratées": t.
"rasées" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC · "ratées" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "rasées" and "ratées" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "rasées" or "ratées"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "rasées" and "ratées" 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 "ratées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #11,782 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "rasées" and "ratées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "râles vs rasées". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #11,782 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.