Which to use
“rasées” is a verb and “rosée” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #48,140
- “rasées” frequency rank
- #22,079
- “rosée” frequency rank
- 70219
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | rasées | rosée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin pluriel de raser. | Vapeur d’eau de l’atmosphère, qui se condense par le refroidissement dû au rayonnement nocturne et qui se dépose surtout sur les corps qui sont mauvais conducteurs de la chaleur. |
Where the eye mixes rasées and rosée
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. rasées runs 6 letters (CVCVVC) against rosée's 5 (CVCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between rasées and rosée
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: rasées is \ʁa.ze\ while rosée is \ʁo.ze\. 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 noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 70219, 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\. rosée is at rank #22,079, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ʁo.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 70219, this pair ranks #52,189 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of rasées vs rosée
Shared letters: ersé. Private to "rasées": a. Private to "rosée": o.
"rasées" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC · "rosée" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "rasées" for "rosée" ever safe?
Which is more common, "rasées" or "rosée"?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "rasées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "rosée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #52,189 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "rasées" and "rosée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "râles vs rasées". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #52,189 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.