rath
/ɹæθ/noun, adjective
rath is a noun meaning “A walled enclosure, especially in Ireland; a ringfort built sometime between the Iron Age and the Viking Age” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled R-A-T-H and has one syllable, and it appears about once in every 2 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of rath is raths.
What does rath mean?
noun
- 1
A walled enclosure, especially in Ireland; a ringfort built sometime between the Iron Age and the Viking Age.
- 2
A Burmese carriage of state.
adjective
- 1
Alternative form of rathe.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce rath?
- UK /ɹɑːθ/
- US /ɹæθ/
Rath has one syllable (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of rath
- raths plural
- more rath comparative
- most rath superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is rath?
Rath appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 40,267th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Words people confuse with rath
Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).
Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
Where does rath come from?
Borrowed from Old Irish ráth.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).