Which to use
“rasées” is a verb and “restées” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #48,140
- “rasées” frequency rank
- #14,550
- “restées” frequency rank
- 62690
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | rasées | restées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin pluriel de raser. | Féminin pluriel de resté. |
Where the eye mixes rasées and restées
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. rasées runs 6 letters (CVCVVC) against restées's 7 (CVCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: rasées vs restées
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: rasées is \ʁa.ze\ while restées is \ʁɛs.te\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 62690, 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\. restées is at rank #14,550, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ʁɛs.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 62690, this pair ranks #85,838 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of rasées vs restées
Shared letters: ersé. Private to "rasées": a. Private to "restées": t.
"rasées" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC · "restées" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "rasées" for "restées" ever safe?
Which is more common, "rasées" or "restées"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "rasées" and "restées" 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 "restées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #85,838 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "rasées" and "restées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "râles vs rasées". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #85,838 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.