Which to use
“rayée” and “rayés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #34,275
- “rayée” frequency rank
- #43,107
- “rayés” frequency rank
- 77382
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | rayée | rayés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de rayé. | Masculin pluriel de rayé. |
Same sound, different letters: rayée vs rayés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 4 letters. rayée (CVVVV) and rayés (CVVVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Same sound, different spelling - rayée / rayés
This is the hard kind. rayée and rayés are pronounced identically (\ʁɛ.je\) and both work as anadjective. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by a single letter - e in “rayée” becomes s in “rayés”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 77382, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
rayée is recorded at frequency rank #34,275, classified as anadj, pronounced \ʁɛ.je\. rayés is at rank #43,107, 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 77382, this pair ranks #28,530 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of rayée vs rayés
Shared letters: aryé. Private to "rayée": e. Private to "rayés": s.
"rayée" · 5 letters · shape CVVVV · "rayés" · 5 letters · shape CVVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "rayée" and "rayés" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "rayée" or "rayés"?
What to do next
"rayée" and "rayés" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "rayée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "rayés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #28,530 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "rayée" and "rayés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "rayés vs Rhys". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #28,530 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.