race
\ʁas\
The verdict
“race” has 5 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #2,098. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #2,098
- frequency rank, French
- 5,742
- “R” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - Lignée ; ensemble des ascendants et des descendants d’une même famille.
Corpus desk
Index FR-race · race · French
race · rank #2,098 · 5 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #2,098
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,742
- PHOTO-FINISH quantité
Nearest frequency peer: quantité (-1 rank slots)
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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “race”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- présidentie…
présidentielle
97,905 corpus weight
- quantité
quantité
97,904 corpus weight
- race
race
97,903 corpus weight
- rares
rares
97,902 corpus weight
- reconnu
reconnu
97,901 corpus weight
- réellement
réellement
97,900 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “race” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | race |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʁas\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #2,098 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “race” sits in French frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around race (IPA \ʁas\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #2,098 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 10 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for race, with forms such as "arce", "racce", and "raec". 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, "Re", "RC", "rue", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is race, spelled R-A-C-E.
Definition
- 1Lignée ; ensemble des ascendants et des descendants d’une même famille.
- 2^([1]) Groupe d’individus qui se distingue d’autres groupes par un ensemble de caractères physiques dont on attribue la constance, non pas à l’action du milieu, mais à une lointaine hérédité.
- 3^([1]) Variété physique constante dans l’espèce humaine.
- 4Rapport social où les individus sont assignés à une identité et un statut qui justifie leur position dominée dans les rapports sociaux.
- 5Classe d’hommes exerçant la même profession, ou ayant des inclinations, des habitudes qui leur sont communes.
- 6Subdivision des animaux, qui vient au-dessous de l’espèce ou de la sous-espèce, obtenue en lignée pure et dont l’unité est déterminée sur des critères morphologiques ou de performances économiques.
- 7Espèce animale, voire l’espèce humaine.
- 8Qualité nette et pure.
- 9Peuple ou espèce, distinguable par certaines caractéristiques physiologiques, à laquelle appartient un personnage dans certains univers de fiction.
- 10Cuite ; murge.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how race appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Et ce songe était tel, que Booz vit un chêne Qui, sorti de son ventre, allait jusqu’au ciel bleu ; Une race y montait comme une longue chaîne ; Un roi chantait en bas, en haut mourait un dieu.
Ici, il ne suffit pas d’exterminer la race du Prince, il reste encore les grands de l’État, qui se mettent à la tête des nouveaux partis.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- arce
- racce
- raec
- rcae
- rrace
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of race - 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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 2, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "race", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.