Which to use
“radin” is an adjective and “ricin” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #28,706
- “radin” frequency rank
- #40,967
- “ricin” frequency rank
- 69673
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | radin | ricin |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui est avare, pingre. | Grande plante vivace arborescente de la famille des Euphorbiacées, à fleurs unisexuelles et sans corolle, extrêmement toxique, dont les semences fournissent une huile employée comme purgatif et comme lubrifiant. |
Where the eye mixes radin and ricin
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. radin and ricin follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between radin and ricin
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: radin is \ʁa.dɛ̃\ while ricin is \ʁi.sɛ̃\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 69673, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
radin is recorded at frequency rank #28,706, classified as anadj, pronounced \ʁa.dɛ̃\. ricin is at rank #40,967, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ʁi.sɛ̃\.
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 69673, this pair ranks #54,269 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of radin vs ricin
Shared letters: inr. Private to "radin": ad. Private to "ricin": c.
"radin" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "ricin" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "radin" for "ricin" ever safe?
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Useful next steps
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- Full dictionary entry for "radin" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "ricin" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #54,269 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "radin" and "ricin" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ricin vs Rimini". 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 #54,269 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.