Which to use
“rasées” is a verb and “russes” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #48,140
- “rasées” frequency rank
- #2,334
- “russes” frequency rank
- 50474
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | rasées | russes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin pluriel de raser. | Pluriel de russe. |
Where the eye mixes rasées and russes
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. rasées (CVCVVC) and russes (CVCCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Why the eye confuses rasées with russes
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: rasées is \ʁa.ze\ while russes is \ʁys\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50474, 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\. russes is at rank #2,334, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ʁys\.
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 50474, this pair ranks #162,339 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of rasées vs russes
Shared letters: ers. Private to "rasées": aé. Private to "russes": u.
"rasées" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC · "russes" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- russes ← rrusses · rsuses · rusess · russess · russse · ursses
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "rasées" and "russes" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "rasées" vs "russes" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "rasées" and "russes" 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 "russes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #162,339 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "rasées" and "russes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "râles vs rasées". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #162,339 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.