# Raza vs razed

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Raza
*name · IPA /ˈɹɑː.zə/ · frequency rank #31,724*
A male given name from Dari [in turn from Classical Persian, in turn from Arabic] or from Urdu [in turn from Classical Persian, in turn from Arabic], variant of Riza.

### razed
*adjective · frequency rank #37,652*
Slashed or striped in patterns.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/raza-vs-razed