Which to use
“rater” and “royer” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #6,018
- “rater” frequency rank
- #30,787
- “royer” frequency rank
- 36805
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | rater | royer |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Ne pas partir, en parlant d’une arme à feu. | Aérer la terre en y creusant des sillons. |
Where the eye mixes rater and royer
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between rater and royer
A purely visual mix-up. rater (\ʁa.te\) and royer (\ʁwa.je\) 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 36805, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
rater is recorded at frequency rank #6,018, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁa.te\. royer is at rank #30,787, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁwa.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 36805, this pair ranks #267,003 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of rater vs royer
Shared letters: er. Private to "rater": at. Private to "royer": oy.
"rater" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "royer" · 5 letters · shape CVVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "rater" for "royer" ever safe?
Frequency check: "rater" vs "royer" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "rater" and "royer" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "rater" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "royer" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #267,003 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "rater" and "royer" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "roya vs royer". 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 #267,003 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.