rah
/ɹɑː/
"rah" is a 3-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“rah” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #26,931) as an interjection. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #26,931
- frequency rank, English
- 3,094
- “R” headwords
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - An exclamation of support or encouragement.
Corpus desk
Index EN-rah · rah · English
rah · rank #26,931 · 0 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #26,931
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,094
- PHOTO-FINISH regaining
Nearest frequency peer: regaining (+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 neighbours of confusable “rah”
Peers at similar corpus weight, separate from look-alike pairs below
- quack
quack
73,074 corpus weight
- rah
rah
73,070 corpus weight
- regaining
regaining
73,069 corpus weight
- regenerative
regenerative
73,068 corpus weight
- regroup
regroup
73,067 corpus weight
- rehearsed
rehearsed
73,066 corpus weight
What this shows Bars place “rah” against nearest ranked English headwords, not a reprint of the confusable-pair desk.
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 | rah |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Interjection |
| IPA | /ɹɑː/ |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #26,931 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Corpus rank beside confusables of “rah”
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for rah is neighbouring look-alikes ("re", "RS", …), not just typos; it is aninterjection pronounced /ɹɑː/. Frequency #26,931 among 3,094 “R” headwords. 2 recorded senses keep meaning in play.
No misspelling variants are generated for rah in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "re", "RS", "rd", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Etymologically, the entry records: Clipping of hurrah. The correct English form is rah, spelled R-A-H.
Definition
- 1An exclamation of support or encouragement.
- 2An exclamation of patriotic or passionate excitement.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how rah appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Not so very long ago, a row of docile cheerleaders would say, “rah, rah, rah, sis-boombah”—maybe a leg would kick up into the air, perhaps a jump under the cheerleader's own power.
I FUCKING LOVE PEOPLE!!!! I FUCKING WANT TO USE THE LIMITED TIME I HAVE TO RESPECT OTHERS AND WHAT THEY ENJOY RAHHHHH
Etymology
Clipping of hurrah.
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.
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).