Which to use
“ratez” is a verb and “rayée” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #30,769
- “ratez” frequency rank
- #34,275
- “rayée” frequency rank
- 65044
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | ratez | rayée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de rater. | Féminin singulier de rayé. |
Where the eye mixes ratez and rayée
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between ratez and rayée
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: ratez is \ʁa.te\ while rayée is \ʁɛ.je\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 65044, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
ratez is recorded at frequency rank #30,769, classified as averb, 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 65044, this pair ranks #74,143 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of ratez vs rayée
Shared letters: aer. Private to "ratez": tz. Private to "rayée": yé.
"ratez" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "rayée" · 5 letters · shape CVVVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- ratez ← artez · raetz · ratezz · rattez · ratze · rratez · rtaez
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "ratez" for "rayée" ever safe?
Which is more common, "ratez" or "rayée"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "ratez" and "rayée" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "ratez" 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 #74,143 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "ratez" and "rayée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "râles vs rayée". 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 #74,143 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.