Which to use
“raid” is a noun and “razed” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #5,253
- “raid” frequency rank
- #37,652
- “razed” frequency rank
- 42905
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | raid | razed |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | A quick hostile or predatory incursion or invasion in a battle. | Slashed or striped in patterns. |
Letter map: raid vs razed
Shared letters muted; letters that set raid and razed apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.
Part-of-speech tell for raid / razed
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: raid is anoun and razedanadjective. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 42905, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
raid is recorded at frequency rank #5,253, classified as anoun, pronounced /ɹeɪd/. razed is at rank #37,652, tagged as anadj.
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 42905, this pair ranks #245,036 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of raid vs razed
Shared letters: adr. Private to "raid": i. Private to "razed": ez.
"raid" · 4 letters · shape CVVC · "razed" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "raid" for "razed" ever safe?
Frequency check: "raid" vs "razed" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "raid" and "razed".
- Full dictionary entry for "raid" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "razed" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #245,036 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "raid" and "razed" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ramped vs razed". 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 #245,036 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.