# Racine vs Recife

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Racine
*name · IPA /ɹəˈsiːn/ · frequency rank #30,556*
A surname from French.

### Recife
*name · IPA /ɹɪˈsiːfi/ · frequency rank #43,330*
A municipality, the state capital of Pernambuco, Brazil.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/racine-vs-recife