Which to use
“rakes” is a noun and “razed” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #41,329
- “rakes” frequency rank
- #37,652
- “razed” frequency rank
- 78981
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | rakes | razed |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | plural of rake | Slashed or striped in patterns. |
Letter map: rakes vs razed
Shared letters muted; letters that set rakes and razed apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. rakes and razed follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Part-of-speech tell for rakes / razed
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: rakes is anoun and razedanadjective. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 78981, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
rakes is recorded at frequency rank #41,329, classified as anoun, pronounced /ɹeɪks/. 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 78981, this pair ranks #23,245 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of rakes vs razed
Shared letters: aer. Private to "rakes": ks. Private to "razed": dz.
"rakes" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "razed" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "rakes" and "razed" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary English text, does "rakes" or "razed" show up more?
What to do next
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "rakes" and "razed".
- Full dictionary entry for "rakes" 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 #23,245 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "rakes" and "razed" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "rakes vs ravel". 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 #23,245 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.