Which to use
“raser” is a verb and “rasoir” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #12,233
- “raser” frequency rank
- #16,717
- “rasoir” frequency rank
- 28950
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | raser | rasoir |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Tondre, couper le poil ou les cheveux tout près de la peau avec un rasoir. | Instrument d’acier qui a le tranchant très fin et dont on se sert pour raser la barbe, on le nomme familièrement coupe-choux. |
Where the eye mixes raser and rasoir
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. raser runs 5 letters (CVCVC) against rasoir's 6 (CVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses raser with rasoir
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: raser is \ʁɑ.ze\ while rasoir is \ʁa.zwaʁ\. 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 28950, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
raser is recorded at frequency rank #12,233, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁɑ.ze\. rasoir is at rank #16,717, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ʁa.zwaʁ\.
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 28950, this pair ranks #319,648 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of raser vs rasoir
Shared letters: ars. Private to "raser": e. Private to "rasoir": io.
"raser" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "rasoir" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "raser" and "rasoir" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "raser" or "rasoir"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "raser" and "rasoir" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "raser" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "rasoir" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #319,648 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "raser" and "rasoir" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "râles vs raser". 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 #319,648 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.