# RAF

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #12,308

## Definitions
1. Initialism of Royal Air Force, the British RAF.
2. Initialism of Russian Armed Forces (To avoid confusing with the preceding sense, the Russian Armed Forces are more often abbreviated in other ways, like RuAF.)
3. The German Rote Armee Fraktion (Red Army Faction).
4. Abbreviation of Russian Automobile Federation.
5. Abbreviation of Russian Automobile Federation.

## Easily confused with
- **re** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/raf-vs-re)
- **RS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/raf-vs-rs)
- **rd** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/raf-vs-rd)
- **RT** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/raf-vs-rt)
- **RM** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/raf-vs-rm)
- **RN** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/raf-vs-rn)
- **RI** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/raf-vs-ri)
- **RP** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/raf-vs-rp)
- **RC** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/raf-vs-rc)
- **RF** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/raf-vs-rf)
- **RV** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/raf-vs-rv)
- **RR** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/raf-vs-rr)
- **RL** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/raf-vs-rl)
- **RH** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/raf-vs-rh)
- **RW** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/raf-vs-rw)
- **run** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/raf-vs-run)
- **red** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/raf-vs-red)
- **ran** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/raf-vs-ran)
- **ray** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/raf-vs-ray)
- **row** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/raf-vs-row)

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