Which to use
“rack” and “rade” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #46,392
- “rack” frequency rank
- #18,297
- “rade” frequency rank
- 64689
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | rack | rade |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Élément pour ranger, généralement d’une forme conçue pour recevoir ce qu’on y range. | Entrée de mer, naturelle ou artificielle, à l’abri du vent, dans la terre, qui permet un bon mouillage des bateaux. |
Where the eye mixes rack and rade
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: rack vs rade
A purely visual mix-up. rack (\ʁak\) and rade (\ʁad\) 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 64689, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
rack is recorded at frequency rank #46,392, classified as anoun, pronounced \ʁak\. rade is at rank #18,297, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ʁad\.
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 64689, this pair ranks #75,823 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of rack vs rade
Shared letters: ar. Private to "rack": ck. Private to "rade": de.
"rack" · 4 letters · shape CVCC · "rade" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "rack" and "rade" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "rack" or "rade" show up more?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "rack" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "rade" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #75,823 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "rack" and "rade" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "rack vs RAMQ". 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 #75,823 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.