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“remaking” and “retaking” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #38,129
- “remaking” frequency rank
- #49,592
- “retaking” frequency rank
- 87721
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | remaking | retaking |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Re-creation; reconstruction. | The act of taking again. |
Letter map: remaking vs retaking
Shared letters muted; letters that set remaking and retaking apart highlighted. Shared run: 7.
Corpus notes: remaking and retaking
remaking and retaking are indexed as a confusable English pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by a single letter - m in “remaking” becomes t in “retaking”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 87721, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
remaking is recorded at frequency rank #38,129, classified as anoun. 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 87721, this pair ranks #7,240 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of remaking vs retaking
Shared letters: aegiknr. Private to "remaking": m. Private to "retaking": t.
"remaking" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCC · "retaking" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
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- Full dictionary entry for "remaking" 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 #7,240 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "remaking" 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 #7,240 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.