Which to use
“races” and “rice” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #3,779
- “races” frequency rank
- #2,758
- “rice” frequency rank
- 6537
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | races | rice |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | plural of race | Cereal plants, Oryza sativa of the grass family whose seeds are used as food. |
Where the eye mixes races and rice
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
A purely visual mix-up. races (/ˈɹeɪsɪz/) and rice (/ɹaɪs/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 6537, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
races is recorded at frequency rank #3,779, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈɹeɪsɪz/. rice is at rank #2,758, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ɹaɪs/.
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 6537, this pair ranks #511,028 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of races vs rice
Shared letters: cer. Private to "races": as. Private to "rice": i.
"races" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "rice" · 4 letters · shape CVCV