Which to use
“rabin” and “racine” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #43,100
- “rabin” frequency rank
- #5,912
- “racine” frequency rank
- 49012
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | rabin | racine |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Variante de rabbin. | Organe végétal, généralement souterrain, assurant l’absorption de l’eau et des sels minéraux, la fixation de la plante à son support et parfois le stockage de réserves. Certaines racines peuvent être aériennes, aquatiques ou spécialisées. |
Where the eye mixes rabin and racine
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. rabin runs 5 letters (CVCVC) against racine's 6 (CVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between rabin and racine
A purely visual mix-up. rabin (\ʁa.bɛ̃\) and racine (\ʁa.sin\) 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 49012, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
rabin is recorded at frequency rank #43,100, classified as anoun, pronounced \ʁa.bɛ̃\. racine is at rank #5,912, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ʁa.sin\.
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 49012, this pair ranks #174,202 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of rabin vs racine
Shared letters: ainr. Private to "rabin": b. Private to "racine": ce.
"rabin" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "racine" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "rabin" for "racine" ever safe?
Frequency check: "rabin" vs "racine" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "rabin" and "racine" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "rabin" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "racine" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #174,202 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "rabin" and "racine" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "rabin vs rani". 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 #174,202 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.