Which to use
“rasés” is a verb and “ratées” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #35,673
- “rasés” frequency rank
- #37,024
- “ratées” frequency rank
- 72697
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | rasés | ratées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin pluriel de raser. | Féminin pluriel de raté. |
Where the eye mixes rasés and ratées
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. rasés runs 5 letters (CVCVC) against ratées's 6 (CVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: rasés vs ratées
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: rasés is \ʁa.ze\ while ratées 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 72697, 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\. ratées is at rank #37,024, 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 72697, this pair ranks #43,080 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of rasés vs ratées
Shared letters: arsé. Private to "rasés": -. Private to "ratées": et.
"rasés" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "ratées" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "rasés" and "ratées" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "rasés" vs "ratées" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "rasés" and "ratées" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "rasés" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "ratées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #43,080 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "rasés" and "ratées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "râles vs ratées". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #43,080 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.