# rata

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #44,435

## Definitions
1. Any of various New Zealand plants of the genus Metrosideros.
2. The hard dark red wood of trees of genus Metrosideros.

## Etymology
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From Māori rātā or cognate Tahitian rātā (“tree of genus Metrosideros”). Compare Tahitian puarātā (“Metrosideros collina”).

## Easily confused with
- **RT** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rata-vs-rt)
- **ray** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rata-vs-ray)
- **raw** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rata-vs-raw)
- **rot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rata-vs-rot)
- **RNA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rata-vs-rna)
- **Rea** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rata-vs-rea)
- **ret** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rata-vs-ret)
- **RSA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rata-vs-rsa)
- **rut** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rata-vs-rut)
- **ria** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rata-vs-ria)
- **rav** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rata-vs-rav)
- **RTD** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rata-vs-rtd)
- **RFA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rata-vs-rfa)
- **Roa** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rata-vs-roa)
- **RTC** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rata-vs-rtc)
- **rit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rata-vs-rit)
- **RTA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rata-vs-rta)
- **RMA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rata-vs-rma)
- **Rua** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rata-vs-rua)
- **rate** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rata-vs-rate)

## Common misspellings (5)
`arta`, `raat`, `ratta`, `rrata`, `rtaa`

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