# riet vs Rio

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### riet
*verb · IPA [ʁiːt] · frequency rank #21,748*
1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs raten

### Rio
*name · IPA [ˈʁiːo] · frequency rank #4,154*
Kurzform für Rio de Janeiro

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/de/vs/riet-vs-rio