rath
/ɹæθ/noun, adjective
rath is spelled R-A-T-H: 4 letters and one syllable. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 40,267th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). People search “rath vs wrath” about 20 times a month (Google, United States). As a noun, rath means “A walled enclosure, especially in Ireland; a ringfort built sometime between the Iron Age and the Viking Age” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of rath is raths.
How many letters and syllables are in rath?
| Letters | 4: R-A-T-H |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 40,267th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Pairs people search | |
| Rhymes with | |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is rath?
Rath appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 40,267th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce rath?
- UK /ɹɑːθ/
- US /ɹæθ/
Rath has one syllable (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Words people confuse with rath
Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).
Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with rath?
3 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as rath from its last stressed vowel (/æθ/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: hart, tahr.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of rath
- raths plural
- more rath comparative
- most rath superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does rath mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A walled enclosure, especially in Ireland; a ringfort built sometime between the Iron Age and the Viking Age.
- 2
A Burmese carriage of state.
adjective
- 1
Alternative form of rathe.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does rath come from?
Borrowed from Old Irish ráth.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).