# right vs rivet

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### right
*adjective · IPA /ˈɹaɪt/ · frequency rank #115*
Designating the side of the body which is positioned to the east if one is facing north, the side on which the heart is not located in most humans. This arrow points to the reader's right: →

### rivet
*noun · IPA /ˈɹɪvət/ · frequency rank #42,384*
A cylindrical mechanical fastener which is supplied with a factory head at one end and is used to attach multiple parts together by passing its bucktail through a hole and upsetting its end to form a field head.

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