# racial vs radical

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### racial
*adjective · IPA /ˈɹeɪʃəl/ · frequency rank #4,323*
Of or relating to a race (or a people).

### radical
*adjective · IPA /ˈɹædɪkəl/ · frequency rank #4,112*
Favoring fundamental change, or change at the root cause of a matter.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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