Which to use
“réa” is a noun and “ready” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #31,708
- “réa” frequency rank
- #21,751
- “ready” frequency rank
- 53459
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | réa | ready |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Roue dotée d’une gorge constituant la partie mobile d'une poulie. Tous les corps de métier ayant besoin de soulever de lourdes charges utilisent des poulies à multiples réas pour la réalisation de palans. Chacun des réas tourne librement. | Prêt , prête. |
Where the eye mixes réa and ready
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: réa vs ready
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: réa is \ʁe.a\ while ready is \ˈɹɛd.i\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 53459, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
réa is recorded at frequency rank #31,708, classified as anoun, pronounced \ʁe.a\. ready is at rank #21,751, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ˈɹɛd.i\.
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 53459, this pair ranks #140,589 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of réa vs ready
Shared letters: ar. Private to "réa": é. Private to "ready": dey.
"réa" · 3 letters · shape CVV · "ready" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- ready ← erady · raedy · readdy · readyy · reayd · reday · rready
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "réa" and "ready" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "réa" vs "ready" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "réa" and "ready" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "réa" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "ready" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #140,589 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "réa" and "ready" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "réa vs roya". 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 #140,589 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.