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“raves” and “robes” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #35,906
- “raves” frequency rank
- #17,463
- “robes” frequency rank
- 53369
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | raves | robes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | plural of rave | plural of robe |
Where the eye mixes raves and robes
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. raves and robes follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: raves vs robes
A purely visual mix-up. raves (/ɹeɪvz/) and robes (/ɹəʊbz/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 53369, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
raves is recorded at frequency rank #35,906, classified as anoun, pronounced /ɹeɪvz/. robes is at rank #17,463, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ɹəʊbz/.
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 53369, this pair ranks #149,560 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of raves vs robes
Shared letters: ers. Private to "raves": av. Private to "robes": bo.
"raves" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "robes" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "raves" and "robes" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary English text, does "raves" or "robes" show up more?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "raves" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "robes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #149,560 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "raves" and "robes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "raves vs Revis". 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 #149,560 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.