# rate

> English word · Noun · IPA /ɹeɪt/ · frequency rank #752

## Definitions
1. The worth of something; value.
2. The proportional relationship between one amount, value etc. and another.
3. Speed.
4. The relative speed of change or progress.
5. The price of (an individual) thing; cost.
6. A set price or charge for all examples of a given case, commodity, service etc.
7. A wage calculated in relation to a unit of time.
8. Any of various taxes, especially those levied by a local authority.
9. A class into which ships were assigned based on condition, size etc.; by extension, rank.
10. Established portion or measure; fixed allowance; ration.
11. Order; arrangement.
12. Ratification; approval.
13. The gain or loss of a timepiece in a unit of time.

## Etymology
From Middle English rate, from Old French rate, from Medieval Latin rata, from Latin prō ratā parte (“according to a fixed part”), from ratus (“fixed”), from rērī (“think, deem, judge, estimate", originally "reckon, calculate”).

## Easily confused with
- **re** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rate-vs-re)
- **RT** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rate-vs-rt)
- **ray** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rate-vs-ray)
- **raw** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rate-vs-raw)
- **rot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rate-vs-rot)
- **rue** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rate-vs-rue)
- **rye** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rate-vs-rye)
- **roe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rate-vs-roe)
- **ret** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rate-vs-ret)
- **rut** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rate-vs-rut)
- **ree** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rate-vs-ree)
- **rav** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rate-vs-rav)
- **RTD** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rate-vs-rtd)
- **RTC** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rate-vs-rtc)
- **rit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rate-vs-rit)
- **RTA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rate-vs-rta)
- **rule** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rate-vs-rule)
- **ride** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rate-vs-ride)
- **rose** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rate-vs-rose)
- **rise** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rate-vs-rise)

## Common misspellings (5)
`arte`, `raet`, `ratte`, `rrate`, `rtae`

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