# rite

> English word · Noun · IPA /ɹaɪt/ · frequency rank #12,491

## Definitions
1. A religious custom.
2. A prescribed behavior.

## Etymology
Via Middle English and Old French, from Latin ritus.

## Easily confused with
- **RT** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rite-vs-rt)
- **rot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rite-vs-rot)
- **rue** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rite-vs-rue)
- **rye** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rite-vs-rye)
- **roe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rite-vs-roe)
- **rut** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rite-vs-rut)
- **RTD** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rite-vs-rtd)
- **RTC** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rite-vs-rtc)
- **RTA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rite-vs-rta)
- **rule** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rite-vs-rule)
- **rose** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rite-vs-rose)
- **Rome** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rite-vs-rome)
- **rude** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rite-vs-rude)
- **rope** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rite-vs-rope)
- **ruth** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rite-vs-ruth)
- **rode** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rite-vs-rode)
- **Roth** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rite-vs-roth)
- **robe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rite-vs-robe)
- **Rowe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rite-vs-rowe)
- **ritz** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rite-vs-ritz)

## Common misspellings (5)
`irte`, `riet`, `ritte`, `rrite`, `rtie`

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