How do you pronounce Rayquaza, the legendary dragon Pokémon? No, you are incorrect.
Between competitor clashes at this weekend’s Pokémon World Championships 2025, spectators had been handled to a helpful large display screen pronounciation information for the Sky Excessive Pokémon. Brace yourselves, Trainers.
In response to The Pokémon Firm itself, Rayquaza is outwardly pronounced Ray-KWAY-zuh, and never the way more frequent pronounciation of Ray-KWAH-zuh. The fan response to this revelation, nevertheless, has been decidedly blended, with responses on social media reminiscent of “False,” “Noooo,” and “That is Kway Kway.”
“That is certainly AI,” wrote one fan, unable to simply accept what they had been seeing. “It is Ray Kwah Zuh.”
“I do not care,” added one other fan. “Ray-KWAH-zuh supremacy.”
“It does not matter what number of occasions The Pokémon Firm tries to appropriate us, that is the actual method to pronounce it and I ain’t taking no for a solution!”
Ray KWAY Zuh confirmed pic.twitter.com/KTU7FlMFbL
— GlaxonXIII 🔜 WORLDS! (@GlaxonXIII) August 17, 2025
Regardless of these complaints, the pronounciation does make sense. Like many Pokémon names, Rayquaza is a mixture of different phrases — on this case being ray, referring to its celestial nature, and quasar.
“It is named after quasar so it is appropriate,” wrote Arcashine, trying to tell others, “however man I do not suppose I will ever be capable to not name it Raykwahzuh lol.” Yeah.
Why is The Pokémon Firm informing followers now? It appears seemingly that Rayquaza and its Mega Developed model will pop up within the Mega Evolution-focused Pokémon Legends: Z-A, set to launch on October 16. Now, to attempt to bear in mind Rayquaza’s appropriate pronounciation when the time comes.
Tom Phillips is IGN’s Information Editor. You possibly can attain Tom at tom_phillips@ign.com or discover him on Bluesky @tomphillipseg.bsky.social
