Which to use
“rabid” and “raked” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #24,562
- “rabid” frequency rank
- #34,660
- “raked” frequency rank
- 59222
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | rabid | raked |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Affected with rabies. | sloping |
Where the eye mixes rabid and raked
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. rabid and raked follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses rabid with raked
A purely visual mix-up. rabid (/ˈɹæbɪd/) and raked (/ɹeɪkt/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 59222, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
rabid is recorded at frequency rank #24,562, classified as anadj, pronounced /ˈɹæbɪd/. raked is at rank #34,660, tagged as anadj, pronounced /ɹeɪkt/.
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 59222, this pair ranks #107,563 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of rabid vs raked
Shared letters: adr. Private to "rabid": bi. Private to "raked": ek.
"rabid" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "raked" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "rabid" and "raked" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary English text, does "rabid" or "raked" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "rabid" and "raked" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "rabid" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "raked" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #107,563 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "rabid" and "raked" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "raked vs ramped". 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 #107,563 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.