rehaussévsrehausséeWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: rehaussé is a adjective, rehaussée is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“rehaussé” is an adjective and “rehaussée” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#37,522
“rehaussé” frequency rank
#48,146
“rehaussée” frequency rank
85668
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature rehaussé rehaussée
Definition Se dit d’un meuble, d’une pièce dont la bordure est d’un autre émail. Participe passé féminin singulier de rehausser.

Same sound, different letters: rehaussé vs rehaussée

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. rehaussé runs 8 letters (CVCVVCCV) against rehaussée's 9 (CVCVVCCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
rehaussé
9 ch
rehaussée

Ear matches; page differs - rehaussé and rehaussée

Say them out loud and nothing separates them: rehaussé and rehaussée carry the same recorded pronunciation, \ʁə.o.se\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anadjective, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “rehaussé” sits inside “rehaussée”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 85668, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

rehaussé is recorded at frequency rank #37,522, classified as anadj, pronounced \ʁə.o.se\. rehaussée is at rank #48,146, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁə.o.se\.

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 85668, this pair ranks #10,951 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of rehaussé vs rehaussée

Shared letters: aehrsué. Private to "rehaussé": -. Private to "rehaussée": -.

"rehaussé" · 8 letters · shape CVCVVCCV  ·  "rehaussée" · 9 letters · shape CVCVVCCVV

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "rehaussé" and "rehaussée" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "rehaussé" is an adjective and "rehaussée" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "rehaussé" or "rehaussée"?
"rehaussé" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #37,522 in our French list, against #48,146 for "rehaussée". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.

  • Full dictionary entry for "rehaussé" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "rehaussée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #10,951 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "rehaussé" and "rehaussée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "rehaussée vs rehausser". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #10,951 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list