# Rio vs Roy

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Rio
*name · IPA /ˈɹioʊ/ · frequency rank #3,977*
Clipping of Rio de Janeiro.

### Roy
*name · IPA /ɹɔɪ/ · frequency rank #4,708*
A male given name from Scottish Gaelic.

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