# Rail vs ran

> Spanish confusable word pair

## The two words

### Rail
*name · IPA [ˈrajl] · frequency rank #48,640*
Apellido.

### ran
*verb · IPA /ɹæn/ · frequency rank #24,290*
Pasado simple (irregular) del verbo (to) run.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/es/vs/rail-vs-ran