Which to use
“race” and “rat” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #2,098
- “race” frequency rank
- #8,021
- “rat” frequency rank
- 10119
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | race | rat |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Lignée ; ensemble des ascendants et des descendants d’une même famille. | Rongeur à museau pointu, à pattes courtes et à queue longue, qui ronge et mange les grains, la paille, etc. |
Where the eye mixes race and rat
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
A purely visual mix-up. race (\ʁas\) and rat (\ʁa\) 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 10119, 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\. rat is at rank #8,021, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ʁa\.
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 10119, this pair ranks #414,145 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of race vs rat
Shared letters: ar. Private to "race": ce. Private to "rat": t.
"race" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "rat" · 3 letters · shape CVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- race ← arce · racce · raec · rcae · rrace