Which to use
“raking” is an adjective and “ravine” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #30,932
- “raking” frequency rank
- #23,965
- “ravine” frequency rank
- 54897
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | raking | ravine |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Swiftly moving. | A deep narrow valley or gorge in the earth's surface worn by running water. |
Letter map: raking vs ravine
Shared letters muted; letters that set raking and ravine apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.
Part-of-speech tell for raking / ravine
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: raking is anadjective and ravineanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 54897, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
raking is recorded at frequency rank #30,932, classified as anadj. ravine is at rank #23,965, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ɹəˈviːn/.
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 54897, this pair ranks #137,640 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of raking vs ravine
Shared letters: ainr. Private to "raking": gk. Private to "ravine": ev.
"raking" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCC · "ravine" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "raking" and "ravine" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "raking" vs "ravine" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "raking" and "ravine".
- Full dictionary entry for "raking" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "ravine" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #137,640 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "raking" and "ravine" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "raking vs retaking". 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 #137,640 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.