# Rio vs RTL

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### RTL
*abbrev · IPA [ɛʁ teː ˈʔɛl] · frequency rank #4,300*
Radio Télé Lëtzebuerg: deutschsprachiger privater Fernsehsender

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