Which to use
“razed” is an adjective and “razer” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #37,652
- “razed” frequency rank
- #34,663
- “razer” frequency rank
- 72315
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | razed | razer |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Slashed or striped in patterns. | Someone who razes. |
Letter map: razed vs razer
Shared letters muted; letters that set razed and razer apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. razed and razer follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Part-of-speech tell for razed / razer
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: razed is anadjective and razeranoun. On the page they differ by a single letter - d in “razed” becomes r in “razer”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 72315, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
razed is recorded at frequency rank #37,652, classified as anadj. razer is at rank #34,663, 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 72315, this pair ranks #43,462 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of razed vs razer
Shared letters: aerz. Private to "razed": d. Private to "razer": -.
"razed" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "razer" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "razed" for "razer" ever safe?
Frequency check: "razed" vs "razer" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
You've compared "razed" and "razer". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "razed" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "razer" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #43,462 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "razed" and "razer" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "rafter vs razer". 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 #43,462 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.