races
/ˈɹeɪsɪz/
"races" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“races” has 7 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #3,779. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #3,779
- frequency rank, English
- 3,094
- “R” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - plural of race
Corpus desk
Index EN-races · races · English
races · rank #3,779 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #3,779
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,094
- PHOTO-FINISH PP
Nearest frequency peer: PP (-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 “races”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- pope
pope
96,225 corpus weight
- possession
possession
96,224 corpus weight
- PP
PP
96,223 corpus weight
- races
races
96,222 corpus weight
- rapid
rapid
96,221 corpus weight
- regulation
regulation
96,220 corpus weight
What this shows “races” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | races |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈɹeɪsɪz/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #3,779 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “races”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around races (IPA /ˈɹeɪsɪz/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #3,779 among 3,094 “R” headwords. Dominant gloss: "plural of race".
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for races, with forms such as "arces", "racces", and "racess". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "res", "Rae", "ras", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct English form is races, spelled R-A-C-E-S.
Definition
- 1plural of race
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- arces
- racces
- racess
- racse
- raecs
- rcaes
- rraces
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of races - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "races", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).