Which to use
“race” and “rime” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #2,098
- “race” frequency rank
- #10,779
- “rime” frequency rank
- 12877
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | race | rime |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Lignée ; ensemble des ascendants et des descendants d’une même famille. | Retour d'un ou plusieurs phonèmes à la fin de deux ou plusieurs vers ; ce phonème ou ces phonèmes eux-mêmes. |
Where the eye mixes race and rime
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence. race and rime follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: race vs rime
A purely visual mix-up. race (\ʁas\) and rime (\ʁim\) 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 12877, 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\. rime is at rank #10,779, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ʁim\.
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 12877, this pair ranks #403,382 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of race vs rime
Shared letters: er. Private to "race": ac. Private to "rime": im.
"race" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "rime" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "race" and "rime" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "race" or "rime" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "race" and "rime" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "race" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "rime" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #403,382 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "race" and "rime" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "RAMQ vs rime". 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 #403,382 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.