Which to use
“rehaussée” and “rehausser” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #48,146
- “rehaussée” frequency rank
- #32,155
- “rehausser” frequency rank
- 80301
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | rehaussée | rehausser |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier de rehausser. | Hausser davantage. |
Same sound, different letters: rehaussée vs rehausser
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. rehaussée (CVCVVCCVV) and rehausser (CVCVVCCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Homophone desk: rehaussée vs rehausser
This is the hard kind. rehaussée and rehausser are pronounced identically (\ʁə.o.se\) and both work as averb. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 80301, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
rehaussée is recorded at frequency rank #48,146, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁə.o.se\. rehausser is at rank #32,155, 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 80301, this pair ranks #21,306 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of rehaussée vs rehausser
Shared letters: aehrsu. Private to "rehaussée": é. Private to "rehausser": -.
"rehaussée" · 9 letters · shape CVCVVCCVV · "rehausser" · 9 letters · shape CVCVVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- rehausser ← erhausser · reahusser · rehasuser · rehauser · rehausesr · rehausserr · rehaussre · rehhausser
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "rehaussée" and "rehausser" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "rehaussée" or "rehausser"?
Useful next steps
You've separated the homophone pair "rehaussée" / "rehausser". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "rehaussée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "rehausser" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #21,306 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "rehaussée" and "rehausser" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "rehaussé vs rehaussée". 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 #21,306 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.