raced

adj

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"raced" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“raced” has 7 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #13,221. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#13,221
frequency rank, English
3,094
“R” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pertaining to or marked in terms of race.

Corpus desk

Index EN-raced · raced · English

raced · rank #13,221 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #13,221
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,094
  • PHOTO-FINISH protested

Nearest frequency peer: protested (-1 rank slots)

Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Rank peers near misspelling magnet “raced”

Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword

corpus weight

What this shows “raced” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

raced vs red
60% similar
raced vs rad
60% similar
raced vs Rae
40% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for raced
PropertyValue
Headwordraced
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechAdjective
Letters5
Frequency rank#13,221
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “raced”

This scale runs from the tiny cluster of words that carry ordinary speech (left) to the long tail of words almost nobody reaches for (right).racedlands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

The axis is logarithmic, with each marked tick roughly ten times rarer than the last. Same rarity band neighbours include “protested” (#13,220), “Raleigh” (#13,222), “readiness” (#13,223). Among 3,094 “R” headwords, “raced” is #13,221. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around raced, anadjective. Corpus frequency is #13,221 among 3,094 “R” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pertaining to or marked in terms of race.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for raced, with forms such as "arced", "racced", and "racde". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "red", "rad", "Rae", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct English form is raced, spelled R-A-C-E-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pertaining to or marked in terms of race.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how raced appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. McKinney presents a large number of accounts by her students that describe white people coming to realise they are raced.
  2. In fact, as Jordan's analysis attests, whites constructed raced identities for Africans founded not so much on their assumptions about a color but more on the various ways in which they experienced life alongside their darker-skinned neighbors.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • arced
  • racced
  • racde
  • racedd
  • raecd
  • rcaed
  • rraced

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of raced - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

arced2racced1racde2racedd1raecd2rcaed2rraced1
Edit distance from "raced"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "raced"?
"raced" is spelled R-A-C-E-D.
What does "raced" mean?
As an adjective, "raced" means: Pertaining to or marked in terms of race.
What words are commonly confused with "raced"?
"raced" is commonly confused with "red", "rad", "Rae". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "raced" come from?
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "raced", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

PRATT#13,217poppy#13,216piles#13,213Sacks#13,233

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

Steele7 variantsMayer7 variantsmadam7 variantsLydia7 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list