rasés vs raté, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“rasés” is a verb and “raté” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#35,673
“rasés” frequency rank: #3,217
“raté” frequency rank: 38890
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	rasés	raté
Definition	Participe passé masculin pluriel de raser.	Qui a raté, qui a échoué, qui n’a pas atteint son but.

Where the spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set rasés and raté apart are highlighted. They share 3 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

5 ch

rasés

4 ch

raté

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: rasés is \ʁa.ze\ while raté is \ʁa.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 38890, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

rasés is recorded at frequency rank #35,673, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁa.ze\. raté is at rank #3,217, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ʁa.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 38890, this pair ranks #252,072 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of rasés vs raté

Shared letters: aré. Private to "rasés": s. Private to "raté": t.

"rasés" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "raté" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Frequency comparison

rasés#35,673

raté#3,217

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "rasés" and "raté" be used interchangeably?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "rasés" is a verb and "raté" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

Which is more common, "rasés" or "raté"?

"raté" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,217 in our French list, against #35,673 for "rasés". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Remembering rasés vs raté

The fastest way to pick the right one every time.

Check the role first: if you need a verb, it's “rasés”; for an adjective, it's “raté”.
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