# Rita

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #10,436

## Definitions
1. A female given name from the Romance languages, Italian, or Spanish.

## Etymology
From Romance (Italian Rita, Spanish Rita). A shortening of Italian Margherita, and Spanish Margarita, cognates of English Margaret. An Italian Saint Rita was canonized in 1900. The English name came into regular use in early twentieth century.

## Easily confused with
- **RT** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rita-vs-rt)
- **rot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rita-vs-rot)
- **RNA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rita-vs-rna)
- **RSA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rita-vs-rsa)
- **rut** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rita-vs-rut)
- **RTD** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rita-vs-rtd)
- **Roa** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rita-vs-roa)
- **RTC** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rita-vs-rtc)
- **RTA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rita-vs-rta)
- **RMA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rita-vs-rma)
- **Rua** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rita-vs-rua)
- **ruth** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rita-vs-ruth)
- **Rosa** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rita-vs-rosa)
- **Roma** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rita-vs-roma)
- **rite** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rita-vs-rite)
- **Roth** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rita-vs-roth)
- **ritz** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rita-vs-ritz)
- **ROTC** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rita-vs-rotc)
- **rote** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rita-vs-rote)
- **rona** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rita-vs-rona)

## Common misspellings (5)
`irta`, `riat`, `ritta`, `rrita`, `rtia`

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