Which to use
“rabi” is a verb and “raça” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #49,126
- “rabi” frequency rank
- #2,535
- “raça” frequency rank
- 51661
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | rabi | raça |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | roubar, saltear, pilhar | conjunto de indivíduos que conservam, entre si, caracteres somáticos semelhantes; estas características são transmitidas por hereditariedade |
Where the eye mixes rabi and raça
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence. rabi and raça follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between rabi and raça
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: rabi is /ˈɾa.bi/ while raça is /ˈRa.sɐ/. 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 (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 51661, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
rabi is recorded at frequency rank #49,126, classified as averb, pronounced /ˈɾa.bi/. raça is at rank #2,535, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈRa.sɐ/.
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 51661, this pair ranks #13,421 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of rabi vs raça
Shared letters: ar. Private to "rabi": bi. Private to "raça": ç.
"rabi" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "raça" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- rabi ← rabbi · raib · rbai · rrabi
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "rabi" for "raça" ever safe?
Which is more common, "rabi" or "raça"?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "rabi" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "raça" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #13,421 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "rabi" and "raça" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "rabi vs ratio". 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 #13,421 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.