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“racimo” and “racismo” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#28,533
“racimo” frequency rank
#6,223
“racismo” frequency rank
34756
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature racimo racismo
Definition Conjunto de frutas que crecen juntas alrededor de un eje como las uvas o los plátanos. Convicción o doctrina que sostiene que algunas etnias o linajes humanos, especialmente el propio, son intrínsecamente superiores a otros.

Where the eye mixes racimo and racismo

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. racimo runs 6 letters (CVCVCV) against racismo's 7 (CVCVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

6 ch
racimo
7 ch
racismo

Look-alike desk: racimo vs racismo

A purely visual mix-up. racimo ([raˈsimo]) and racismo ([raˈsismo]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 34756, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

racimo is recorded at frequency rank #28,533, classified as anoun, pronounced [raˈsimo]. racismo is at rank #6,223, tagged as anoun, pronounced [raˈsismo].

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 34756, this pair ranks #189,731 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of racimo vs racismo

Shared letters: acimor. Private to "racimo": -. Private to "racismo": s.

"racimo" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV  ·  "racismo" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • racimo ← arcimo · raccimo · racimmo · raciom · racmio · raicmo · rasimo · rcaimo
  • racismo ← arcismo · raccismo · racimso · racismmo · racisom · racissmo · racsimo · raicsmo

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "racimo" for "racismo" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([raˈsimo] versus [raˈsismo]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "racimo" vs "racismo" - which ranks higher?
"racismo" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #6,223 in our Spanish list, against #28,533 for "racimo". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Eye-level mix-up between "racimo" and "racismo" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "racimo" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "racismo" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #189,731 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "racimo" and "racismo" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "racimo vs radicó". 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 #189,731 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list