Which to use
“raw” is an adjective and “rez” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #2,853
- “raw” frequency rank
- #45,052
- “rez” frequency rank
- 47905
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | raw | rez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | (of food) Not cooked. | Clipping of reservation or reserve (semiautonomous Indigenous territory). |
Where the eye mixes raw and rez
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 1 letter in sequence.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: raw is /ɹɔː/ while rez is /ɹɛz/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47905, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
raw is recorded at frequency rank #2,853, classified as anadj, pronounced /ɹɔː/. rez is at rank #45,052, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ɹɛz/.
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 47905, this pair ranks #198,062 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of raw vs rez
Shared letters: r. Private to "raw": aw. Private to "rez": ez.
"raw" · 3 letters · shape CVC · "rez" · 3 letters · shape CVC