# ration

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈɹæʃən/ · frequency rank #23,374

## Definitions
1. A portion of some limited resource, especially food, allocated to a person or group.

## Etymology
From French ration. Doublet of reason and ratio.

## Easily confused with
- **rayon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ration-vs-rayon)
- **region** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ration-vs-region)
- **rattan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ration-vs-rattan)
- **reaction** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ration-vs-reaction)
- **relation** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ration-vs-relation)
- **rotation** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ration-vs-rotation)
- **rational** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ration-vs-rational)
- **rain** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rain-vs-ration)
- **radio** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/radio-vs-ration)
- **ratio** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ratio-vs-ration)
- **radon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/radon-vs-ration)
- **rating** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rating-vs-ration)
- **ratify** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ratify-vs-ration)

## Common misspellings (9)
`artion`, `raiton`, `rasion`, `ratino`, `rationn`, `ratoin`, `rattion`, `rration`, `rtaion`

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