Which to use
“ratée” and “raton” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #15,989
- “ratée” frequency rank
- #31,675
- “raton” frequency rank
- 47664
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | ratée | raton |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Femme qui n’a pas réussi dans une entreprise, dans une démarche, dans sa vie, etc. | Petit du rat. |
Where the eye mixes ratée and raton
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: ratée vs raton
A purely visual mix-up. ratée (\ʁa.te\) and raton (\ʁa.tɔ̃\) 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 47664, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
ratée is recorded at frequency rank #15,989, classified as anoun, pronounced \ʁa.te\. raton is at rank #31,675, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ʁa.tɔ̃\.
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 47664, this pair ranks #185,145 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of ratée vs raton
Shared letters: art. Private to "ratée": eé. Private to "raton": no.
"ratée" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV · "raton" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- raton ← arton · raotn · ratno · ratonn · ratton · rraton · rtaon
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "ratée" for "raton" ever safe?
Which is more common, "ratée" or "raton"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "ratée" and "raton" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "ratée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "raton" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #185,145 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "ratée" and "raton" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ramen vs raton". 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 #185,145 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.