Rab
"rab" is a 3-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Rab” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #36,723) as a proper noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #36,723
- frequency rank, English
- 21,470
- “R” headwords
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - An island off the Croatian coast in the Adriatic Sea.
Corpus desk
Index EN-rab · Rab · English
Rab · rank #36,723 · 0 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #36,723
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 21,470
- PHOTO-FINISH Quinlan
Nearest frequency peer: Quinlan (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Rab”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- protectioni…
protectionism
63,282 corpus weight
- Quinlan
Quinlan
63,279 corpus weight
- Rab
Rab
63,278 corpus weight
- radiocarbon
radiocarbon
63,277 corpus weight
- raunchy
raunchy
63,276 corpus weight
- Raya
Raya
63,275 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Rab” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Rab |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #36,723 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Rab” sits in English frequency
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for Rab is neighbouring look-alikes ("re", "RS", …), not just typos; it is aproper noun. Frequency #36,723 among 21,470 “R” headwords. 2 recorded senses keep meaning in play.
Rab has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "re", "RS", "rd", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Serbo-Croatian Rab, ultimately derived from a substrate root *Arb-, as apparent in Ancient Greek Ἄρβα (Árba), Latin Arba and Italian Arbe. The correct English form is Rab, spelled R-A-B.
Definition
- 1An island off the Croatian coast in the Adriatic Sea.
- 2A town on the above island.
Etymology
From Serbo-Croatian Rab, ultimately derived from a substrate root *Arb-, as apparent in Ancient Greek Ἄρβα (Árba), Latin Arba and Italian Arbe.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.