fosse
/fɑs/noun
fosse is spelled F-O-S-S-E: 5 letters and one syllable. It appears about once in every 4 million words in written English, the 57,423rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, fosse means “A ditch or moat” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of fosse is fosses or fossés.
How many letters and syllables are in fosse?
| Letters | 5: F-O-S-S-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 4 million words; the 57,423rd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is fosse?
Fosse appears about once in every 4 million words in written English, the 57,423rd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce fosse?
- UK /fɒs/
- /fɔs/
- US /fɑs/
Fosse has one syllable (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-fosse.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with fosse?
7 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as fosse from its last stressed vowel (/ɑs/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of fosse
- fosses plural
- foss
- fossés plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does fosse mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A ditch or moat.
- 2
Alternative form of fossa.
noun
- 1
ScotlandobsoleteA fosse or ditch.
The Major then went with me and Euphemia (Victoria staying at the inn) and showed us what is called the Ditch, being the fossé and ruinous banks of the old castle […] .
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does fosse come from?
From Middle English fosse, from Old French fosse, from Latin fossa (“ditch, trench”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).