Which to use
“race” is a noun and “rico” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #12,135
- “race” frequency rank
- #1,724
- “rico” frequency rank
- 13859
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | race | rico |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | raça | diz-se de quem tem muito dinheiro |
Letter map: race vs rico
Shared letters muted; letters that set race and rico apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Part-of-speech tell for race / rico
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: race is anoun and ricoanadjective. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 13859, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
race is recorded at frequency rank #12,135, classified as anoun, pronounced /ɹeɪs/. rico is at rank #1,724, tagged as anadj.
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 13859, this pair ranks #58,356 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of race vs rico
Shared letters: cr. Private to "race": ae. Private to "rico": io.
"race" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "rico" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "race" and "rico" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "race" or "rico"?
After this comparison
You've compared "race" and "rico". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "race" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "rico" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #58,356 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "race" and "rico" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "rabi vs race". 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 #58,356 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.