# ray vs RI

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### ray
*noun · IPA /ɹeɪ/ · frequency rank #2,087*
A beam of light or radiation.

### RI
*name · frequency rank #11,453*
Initialism of Rhode Island: a state of the United States.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ray-vs-ri