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“ratées” and “rayée” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #37,024
- “ratées” frequency rank
- #34,275
- “rayée” frequency rank
- 71299
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | ratées | rayée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin pluriel de raté. | Féminin singulier de rayé. |
Where the eye mixes ratées and rayée
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. ratées runs 6 letters (CVCVVC) against rayée's 5 (CVVVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: ratées vs rayée
A purely visual mix-up. ratées (\ʁa.te\) and rayée (\ʁɛ.je\) 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 71299, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
ratées is recorded at frequency rank #37,024, classified as anadj, pronounced \ʁa.te\. rayée is at rank #34,275, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ʁɛ.je\.
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 71299, this pair ranks #48,056 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of ratées vs rayée
Shared letters: aeré. Private to "ratées": st. Private to "rayée": y.
"ratées" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC · "rayée" · 5 letters · shape CVVVV
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "ratées" and "rayée" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "ratées" or "rayée" show up more?
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- Full dictionary entry for "ratées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "rayée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #48,056 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "ratées" and "rayée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "râles vs ratées". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #48,056 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.