Which to use
“ratée” and “rave” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #15,989
- “ratée” frequency rank
- #29,506
- “rave” frequency rank
- 45495
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | ratée | rave |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Femme qui n’a pas réussi dans une entreprise, dans une démarche, dans sa vie, etc. | Nom commun à plusieurs espèces de plantes potagères cultivées pour leur racine — (voir hyponymes ci-dessous). |
Where the eye mixes ratée and rave
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses ratée with rave
A purely visual mix-up. ratée (\ʁa.te\) and rave (\ʁav\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 45495, 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\. rave is at rank #29,506, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ʁav\.
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 45495, this pair ranks #202,317 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of ratée vs rave
Shared letters: aer. Private to "ratée": té. Private to "rave": v.
"ratée" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV · "rave" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- rave ← arve · raev · ravve · rrave · rvae
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "ratée" and "rave" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "ratée" or "rave" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "ratée" and "rave" 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 "rave" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #202,317 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "ratée" and "rave" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "RAMQ vs rave". 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 #202,317 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.