Which to use
“rasés” is a verb and “risée” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #35,673
- “rasés” frequency rank
- #28,725
- “risée” frequency rank
- 64398
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | rasés | risée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin pluriel de raser. | Grand éclat de rire que font plusieurs personnes ensemble, en se moquant de quelqu’un ou de quelque chose. |
Where the eye mixes rasés and risée
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. rasés (CVCVC) and risée (CVCVV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: rasés vs risée
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: rasés is \ʁa.ze\ while risée is \ʁi.ze\. 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 noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 64398, 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\. risée is at rank #28,725, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ʁi.ze\.
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 64398, this pair ranks #77,260 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of rasés vs risée
Shared letters: rsé. Private to "rasés": a. Private to "risée": ei.
"rasés" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "risée" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "rasés" and "risée" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "rasés" or "risée" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "rasés" and "risée" 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 "risée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #77,260 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "rasés" and "risée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "râles vs rasés". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #77,260 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.