# raid vs rath

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### raid
*noun · IPA /ɹeɪd/ · frequency rank #5,253*
A quick hostile or predatory incursion or invasion in a battle.

### rath
*noun · IPA /ɹɑːθ/ · frequency rank #40,411*
A walled enclosure, especially in Ireland; a ringfort built sometime between the Iron Age and the Viking Age.

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