# Rafe vs rice

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Rafe
*name · IPA /ɹeɪf/ · frequency rank #39,510*
A male given name from the Germanic languages.

### rice
*noun · IPA /ɹaɪs/ · frequency rank #2,758*
Cereal plants, Oryza sativa of the grass family whose seeds are used as food.

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