# rough, ruff

> English homophone group · 2 words that sound the same · /ɹʌf/

These English words share one pronunciation but differ in spelling and meaning.

## The words

### rough
*/ɹʌf/*
Not smooth; uneven.

### ruff
*/ɹʌf/*
A circular frill or ruffle on a garment, especially a starched, fluted frill at the neck in Elizabethan and Jacobean England (1560s–1620s).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA); groups derived from IPA pronunciation. Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/homophones/rough