Which to use
“race” and “Rome” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #12,135
- “race” frequency rank
- #34,902
- “Rome” frequency rank
- 47037
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | race | Rome |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | raça | Roma |
Where the eye mixes race and Rome
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence. race and Rome follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between race and Rome
A purely visual mix-up. race (/ɹeɪs/) and Rome (/ʁɔm/) 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 47037, 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/. Rome is at rank #34,902, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ʁɔm/.
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 47037, this pair ranks #18,249 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of race vs Rome
Shared letters: er. Private to "race": ac. Private to "Rome": mo.
"race" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "Rome" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "race" and "Rome" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "race" or "Rome"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "race" and "Rome" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "race" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Rome" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #18,249 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "race" and "Rome" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Rome vs ruma". 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 #18,249 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.