razavsReaWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: raza is a noun, Rea is a name, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“raza” is a noun and “Rea” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#2,266
“raza” frequency rank
#28,137
“Rea” frequency rank
30403
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature raza Rea
Definition Grupo que se distingue por una ascendencia común. Diosa de la mitología griega, titánide hija de Urano y Gea, hermana y esposa de Crono, madre de Deméter, Hades, Hera, Hestia, Poseidón y Zeus. A menudo confundida con Cibeles.

Where the eye mixes raza and Rea

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.

4 ch
raza
3 ch
Rea

Visual trap between raza and Rea

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: raza is [ˈrasa] while Rea is [ˈrea]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs name), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 30403, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

raza is recorded at frequency rank #2,266, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈrasa]. Rea is at rank #28,137, tagged as aname, pronounced [ˈrea].

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 30403, this pair ranks #212,150 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of raza vs Rea

Shared letters: ar. Private to "raza": z. Private to "Rea": e.

"raza" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "Rea" · 3 letters · shape CVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • razaarza · raaz · razza · rraza · rzaa

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "raza" and "Rea" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "raza" is a noun and "Rea" a name, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "raza" or "Rea" show up more?
"raza" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,266 in our Spanish list, against #28,137 for "Rea". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "raza" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Rea" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #212,150 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "raza" and "Rea" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Rea vs riba". 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 #212,150 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