Which to use
“ricin” is a noun and “rodin” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #40,967
- “ricin” frequency rank
- #27,604
- “rodin” frequency rank
- 68571
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | ricin | rodin |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | 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. | Première personne du singulier du futur de l’indicatif du verbe rodal. |
Where the eye mixes ricin and rodin
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. ricin and rodin follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: ricin vs rodin
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: ricin is \ʁi.sɛ̃\ while rodin is \ˈroː.dĩn\. 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 (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 68571, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
ricin is recorded at frequency rank #40,967, classified as anoun, pronounced \ʁi.sɛ̃\. rodin is at rank #27,604, tagged as averb, pronounced \ˈroː.dĩn\.
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 68571, this pair ranks #58,619 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of ricin vs rodin
Shared letters: inr. Private to "ricin": c. Private to "rodin": do.
"ricin" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "rodin" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "ricin" for "rodin" ever safe?
Frequency check: "ricin" vs "rodin" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "ricin" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "rodin" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #58,619 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "ricin" and "rodin" 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 #58,619 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.