# Rawls

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #35,478

## Definitions
1. A surname transferred from the given name.

## Etymology
Patronymic from a medieval form of the personal name Ralph.

## Easily confused with
- **rays** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rawls-vs-rays)
- **rows** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rawls-vs-rows)
- **rolls** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rawls-vs-rolls)
- **reels** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rawls-vs-reels)
- **raw** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/raw-vs-rawls)
- **ras** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ras-vs-rawls)
- **rail** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rail-vs-rawls)
- **rats** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rats-vs-rawls)
- **rams** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rams-vs-rawls)
- **rags** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rags-vs-rawls)
- **rates** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rates-vs-rawls)
- **races** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/races-vs-rawls)
- **rally** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rally-vs-rawls)
- **ranks** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ranks-vs-rawls)
- **rains** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rains-vs-rawls)
- **rails** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rails-vs-rawls)
- **Ramos** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ramos-vs-rawls)
- **racks** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/racks-vs-rawls)
- **rants** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rants-vs-rawls)
- **raves** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/raves-vs-rawls)

## Common misspellings (8)
`arwls`, `ralws`, `rawlls`, `rawlss`, `rawsl`, `rawwls`, `rrawls`, `rwals`

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