# rental

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈɹɛntəl/ · frequency rank #6,091

## Definitions
1. Something that is rented.
2. The payment made to rent something.
3. A business that rents out something to its customers.
4. An act of renting.
5. A player traded to a team with a year or less on his contract

## Etymology
From rent + -al.

## Easily confused with
- **retail** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rental-vs-retail)
- **reveal** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rental-vs-reveal)
- **rented** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rental-vs-rented)
- **repeal** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rental-vs-repeal)
- **renter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rental-vs-renter)
- **Renton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rental-vs-renton)
- **real** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/real-vs-rental)
- **rent** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rent-vs-rental)
- **renal** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/renal-vs-rental)
- **regal** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/regal-vs-rental)
- **rectal** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rectal-vs-rental)
- **Randal** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/randal-vs-rental)
- **Renata** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/renata-vs-rental)
- **renewal** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/renewal-vs-rental)
- **recital** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/recital-vs-rental)

## Common misspellings (9)
`erntal`, `renatl`, `renntal`, `rentall`, `rentla`, `renttal`, `retnal`, `rnetal`, `rrental`

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