Which to use
“raser” and “rimer” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #12,233
- “raser” frequency rank
- #44,694
- “rimer” frequency rank
- 56927
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | raser | rimer |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Tondre, couper le poil ou les cheveux tout près de la peau avec un rasoir. | Faire une rime (le sujet est une personne). |
Where the eye mixes raser and rimer
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. raser and rimer follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between raser and rimer
A purely visual mix-up. raser (\ʁɑ.ze\) and rimer (\ʁi.me\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 56927, 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\. rimer is at rank #44,694, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁi.me\.
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 56927, this pair ranks #118,092 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of raser vs rimer
Shared letters: er. Private to "raser": as. Private to "rimer": im.
"raser" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "rimer" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "raser" for "rimer" ever safe?
Frequency check: "raser" vs "rimer" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "raser" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "rimer" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #118,092 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "raser" and "rimer" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ramen vs rimer". 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 #118,092 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.