Which to use
“ravie” and “rayée” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #10,391
- “ravie” frequency rank
- #34,275
- “rayée” frequency rank
- 44666
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | ravie | rayée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de ravi. | Féminin singulier de rayé. |
Where the eye mixes ravie and rayée
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. ravie (CVCVV) and rayée (CVVVV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Visual trap between ravie and rayée
A purely visual mix-up. ravie (\ʁa.vi\) 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 share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 44666, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
ravie is recorded at frequency rank #10,391, classified as anadj, pronounced \ʁa.vi\. 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 44666, this pair ranks #208,735 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of ravie vs rayée
Shared letters: aer. Private to "ravie": iv. Private to "rayée": yé.
"ravie" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV · "rayée" · 5 letters · shape CVVVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- ravie ← arvie · raive · ravei · ravvie · rravie
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "ravie" for "rayée" ever safe?
Which is more common, "ravie" or "rayée"?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "ravie" and "rayée" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "ravie" 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 #208,735 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "ravie" 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 #208,735 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.