racevsRMCWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: race is a noun, RMC is a name, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“race” is a noun and “RMC” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#2,098
“race” frequency rank
#15,238
“RMC” frequency rank
17336
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature race RMC
Definition Lignée ; ensemble des ascendants et des descendants d’une même famille. Station de radio généraliste à capitaux français, dont les studios sont à Paris depuis 2002.

Letter map: race vs RMC

Shared letters muted; letters that set race and RMC apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

4 ch
race
3 ch
RMC

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: race is anoun and RMCaname. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 17336, 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\. RMC is at rank #15,238, tagged as aname.

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 17336, this pair ranks #383,682 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of race vs RMC

Shared letters: cr. Private to "race": ae. Private to "RMC": m.

"race" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "RMC" · 3 letters · shape CCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • racearce · racce · raec · rcae · rrace

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "race" and "RMC" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "race" is a noun and "RMC" a name, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "race" or "RMC"?
"race" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,098 in our French list, against #15,238 for "RMC". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list