Which to use
“race” and “rams” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #2,098
- “race” frequency rank
- #47,550
- “rams” frequency rank
- 49648
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | race | rams |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Lignée ; ensemble des ascendants et des descendants d’une même famille. | Jeu de cartes qui se joue à trois, quatre ou cinq joueurs, avec un jeu de trente-deux cartes, et qui consiste à se débarrasser le premier des cinq jetons donnés à chacun au départ en faisant cinq levées. |
Where the eye mixes race and rams
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
A purely visual mix-up. race (\ʁas\) and rams (\ʁam\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49648, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
race is recorded at frequency rank #2,098, classified as anoun, pronounced \ʁas\. rams is at rank #47,550, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ʁam\.
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 49648, this pair ranks #168,932 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of race vs rams
Shared letters: ar. Private to "race": ce. Private to "rams": ms.
"race" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "rams" · 4 letters · shape CVCC