# rice vs riff

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### riff
*noun · IPA /ɹɪf/ · frequency rank #17,229*
A repeated melody line in a song, usually instrumental but sometimes vocal.

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