racevsRahnTell them apart

Quick tell: race is a noun, Rahn is a name, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“race” is a noun and “Rahn” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#12,154
“race” frequency rank
#44,160
“Rahn” frequency rank
56314
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature race Rahn
Definition Rasse weiblicher Vorname

Letter map: race vs Rahn

Shared letters muted; letters that set race and Rahn apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

4 ch
race
4 ch
Rahn

Role in the sentence - race and Rahn

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: race is anoun and Rahnaname. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 56314, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

race is recorded at frequency rank #12,154, classified as anoun, pronounced [ɹeɪs]. Rahn is at rank #44,160, tagged as aname, pronounced […].

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 56314, this pair ranks #945,093 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of race vs Rahn

Shared letters: ar. Private to "race": ce. Private to "Rahn": hn.

"race" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "Rahn" · 4 letters · shape CVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • racearce · racce · raec · rcae · rrace
  • Rahnarhn · rahhn · rahnn · ranh · rhan · rrahn

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "race" and "Rahn" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "race" is a noun and "Rahn" a name, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "race" vs "Rahn" - which ranks higher?
"race" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #12,154 in our German list, against #44,160 for "Rahn". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pair "race" vs "Rahn" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "race" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Rahn" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #945,093 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "race" and "Rahn" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs Rahn". 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 #945,093 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list