r's vs RT, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“r's” is a noun and “RT” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#40,861
“r's” frequency rank: #6,732
“RT” frequency rank: 47593
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	r's	RT
Definition	plural of r	Initialism of Russia Today, an international news network.

Letter map: r's vs RT

Shared letters muted; letters that set r's and RT apart highlighted. Shared run: 1.

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r's

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Role in the sentence - r's and RT

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: r's is anoun and RTaname. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47593, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

r's is recorded at frequency rank #40,861, classified as anoun. RT is at rank #6,732, tagged as aname.

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 47593, this pair ranks #200,988 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of r's vs RT

Shared letters: r. Private to "r's": s. Private to "RT": t.

"r's" · 2 letters · shape CC · "RT" · 2 letters · shape CC

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "r's" for "RT" ever safe?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "r's" is a noun and "RT" a name, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

Which is more common, "r's" or "RT"?

"RT" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #6,732 in our English list, against #40,861 for "r's". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

You've compared "r's" and "RT". Here's where to go from here.

Full dictionary entry for "r's" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "RT" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #200,988 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"r's" and "RT" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "r's vs Rua". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #200,988 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.