Which to use
“raced” is an adjective and “races” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #13,221
- “raced” frequency rank
- #3,779
- “races” frequency rank
- 17000
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | raced | races |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pertaining to or marked in terms of race. | plural of race |
Letter map: raced vs races
Shared letters muted; letters that set raced and races apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.
Part-of-speech tell for raced / races
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: raced is anadjective and racesanoun. On the page they differ by a single letter - d in “raced” becomes s in “races”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 17000, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
raced is recorded at frequency rank #13,221, classified as anadj. races is at rank #3,779, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈɹeɪsɪz/.
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 17000, this pair ranks #454,270 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of raced vs races
Shared letters: acer. Private to "raced": d. Private to "races": s.
"raced" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "races" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "raced" and "races" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary English text, does "raced" or "races" show up more?
Useful next steps
Pair "raced" vs "races" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "raced" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "races" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #454,270 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "raced" and "races" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "raced vs rance". 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 #454,270 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.