# rath

> English word · Noun · IPA /ɹɑːθ/ · frequency rank #40,411

## Definitions
1. A walled enclosure, especially in Ireland; a ringfort built sometime between the Iron Age and the Viking Age.

## Etymology
Borrowed from Old Irish ráth.

## Easily confused with
- **RT** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rath-vs-rt)
- **RH** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rath-vs-rh)
- **ray** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rath-vs-ray)
- **raw** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rath-vs-raw)
- **rot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rath-vs-rot)
- **ret** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rath-vs-ret)
- **rut** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rath-vs-rut)
- **Roh** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rath-vs-roh)
- **rav** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rath-vs-rav)
- **RTD** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rath-vs-rtd)
- **RTC** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rath-vs-rtc)
- **rit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rath-vs-rit)
- **RTA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rath-vs-rta)
- **rich** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rath-vs-rich)
- **rush** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rath-vs-rush)
- **rats** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rath-vs-rats)
- **ruth** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rath-vs-ruth)
- **rays** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rath-vs-rays)
- **Rita** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rath-vs-rita)
- **rite** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rath-vs-rite)

## Common misspellings (6)
`arth`, `raht`, `rathh`, `ratth`, `rrath`, `rtah`

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