Which to use
“wrath” is a noun and “Wray” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #11,328
- “wrath” frequency rank
- #32,658
- “Wray” frequency rank
- 43986
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | wrath | Wray |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Great anger; (countable) an instance of this. | A village in Wray-with-Botton parish, City of Lancaster district, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD6067). |
Letter map: wrath vs Wray
Shared letters muted; letters that set wrath and Wray apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. wrath runs 5 letters (CCVCC) against Wray's 4 (CCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Role in the sentence - wrath and Wray
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: wrath is anoun and Wrayaname. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 43986, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
wrath is recorded at frequency rank #11,328, classified as anoun, pronounced /ɹɒθ/. Wray is at rank #32,658, tagged as aname.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 43986, this pair ranks #234,794 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of wrath vs Wray
Shared letters: arw. Private to "wrath": ht. Private to "Wray": y.
"wrath" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC · "Wray" · 4 letters · shape CCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
Pair "wrath" vs "Wray" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "wrath" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Wray" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #234,794 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "wrath" and "Wray" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "wordy vs Wray". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #234,794 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.