# row

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈɹəʊ/ · frequency rank #2,498

## Definitions
1. A line of objects, often regularly spaced, such as seats in a theatre, vegetable plants in a garden, etc.
2. A horizontal line of entries in a table, etc., going from left to right, as opposed to a column going from top to bottom.
3. Clipping of cornrow.

## Etymology
From Middle English rewe, rowe, rawe, from Old English rǣw, rāw, probably from Proto-Germanic *raiwō, *raigwō, *rīgǭ (“row, streak, line”), from Proto-Indo-European *reyk- (“to carve, scratch, etch”).
Cognate with Scots raw (“row”), dialectal Norwegian rå (“boundary line”), Saterland Frisian Riege (“row”), West Frisian rige (“row”), Dutch rij (“row, line”), German Low German Reeg, Riege, Rieg (“row”), German Reihe (“row”), German Riege (“sports team”).

## Easily confused with
- **RS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/row-vs-rs)
- **RT** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/row-vs-rt)
- **RP** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/row-vs-rp)
- **RV** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/row-vs-rv)
- **RR** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/row-vs-rr)
- **RW** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/row-vs-rw)
- **run** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/row-vs-run)
- **Roy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/row-vs-roy)
- **rub** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/row-vs-rub)
- **rug** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/row-vs-rug)
- **rum** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/row-vs-rum)
- **rue** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/row-vs-rue)
- **RPG** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/row-vs-rpg)
- **rye** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/row-vs-rye)
- **rpm** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/row-vs-rpm)
- **RSS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/row-vs-rss)
- **RSA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/row-vs-rsa)
- **rut** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/row-vs-rut)
- **Rus** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/row-vs-rus)
- **RTD** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/row-vs-rtd)

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