Which to use
“raté” and “rose” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #3,217
- “raté” frequency rank
- #1,605
- “rose” frequency rank
- 4822
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | raté | rose |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui a raté, qui a échoué, qui n’a pas atteint son but. | De la couleur du même nom, résultant d'un mélange en proportions diverses de rouge et de blanc. |
Where the eye mixes raté and rose
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 1 letter in sequence.
Visual trap between raté and rose
A purely visual mix-up. raté (\ʁa.te\) and rose (\ʁoz\) 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 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 4822, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
raté is recorded at frequency rank #3,217, classified as anadj, pronounced \ʁa.te\. rose is at rank #1,605, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ʁoz\.
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 4822, this pair ranks #430,591 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of raté vs rose
Shared letters: r. Private to "raté": até. Private to "rose": eos.
"raté" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "rose" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- rose ← orse · roes · rosse · rrose · rsoe
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "raté" and "rose" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "raté" or "rose"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "raté" and "rose" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "raté" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "rose" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #430,591 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "raté" and "rose" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "RAMQ vs raté". 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 #430,591 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.