Which to use
“rabin” and “ration” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #43,100
- “rabin” frequency rank
- #19,645
- “ration” frequency rank
- 62745
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | rabin | ration |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Variante de rabbin. | Portion journalière soit de pain, soit d’autres vivres, soit de fourrage, qui se distribue aux soldats ou aux marins. |
Where the eye mixes rabin and ration
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. rabin runs 5 letters (CVCVC) against ration's 6 (CVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between rabin and ration
A purely visual mix-up. rabin (\ʁa.bɛ̃\) and ration (\ʁa.sjɔ̃\) 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 62745, 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\. ration is at rank #19,645, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ʁa.sjɔ̃\.
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 62745, this pair ranks #85,519 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of rabin vs ration
Shared letters: ainr. Private to "rabin": b. Private to "ration": ot.
"rabin" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "ration" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "rabin" and "ration" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "rabin" or "ration"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "rabin" and "ration" 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 "ration" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #85,519 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "rabin" and "ration" 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 #85,519 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.