ratu
"ratu" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“ratu” is uncommon English (frequency #82,710 among 21,470 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #82,710
- frequency rank, English
- 21,470
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A Fijian chief.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ratu |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #82,710 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “ratu” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
ratu is uncommon English at frequency #82,710 among 21,470 “R” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A Fijian chief.".
ratu has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct English form is ratu, spelled R-A-T-U.
Definition
- 1A Fijian chief.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “ratu”
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- The one correct English spelling is R-A-T-U - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.