# r vs RT

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### r
*character · IPA /ɑː(ɹ)/ · frequency rank #449*
The eighteenth letter of the English alphabet, called ar and written in the Latin script.

### RT
*name · frequency rank #6,732*
Initialism of Russia Today, an international news network.

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