Which to use
“raking” is an adjective and “retaking” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #30,932
- “raking” frequency rank
- #49,592
- “retaking” frequency rank
- 80524
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | raking | retaking |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Swiftly moving. | The act of taking again. |
Letter map: raking vs retaking
Shared letters muted; letters that set raking and retaking apart highlighted. Shared run: 6. raking runs 6 letters (CVCVCC) against retaking's 8 (CVCVCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for raking / retaking
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: raking is anadjective and retakinganoun. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 80524, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
raking is recorded at frequency rank #30,932, classified as anadj. retaking is at rank #49,592, tagged as anoun.
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 80524, this pair ranks #19,615 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of raking vs retaking
Shared letters: agiknr. Private to "raking": -. Private to "retaking": et.
"raking" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCC · "retaking" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "raking" for "retaking" ever safe?
In ordinary English text, does "raking" or "retaking" show up more?
What to do next
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "raking" and "retaking".
- Full dictionary entry for "raking" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "retaking" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #19,615 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "raking" and "retaking" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "retaking vs revoking". 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 #19,615 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.