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rabble

/ˈɹæbəl/verb, noun

rabble is spelled R-A-B-B-L-E: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 1.0 times per million words in written English, the 28,556th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a verb, rabble means “To speak in a confused manner; talk incoherently; utter nonsense” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

How many letters and syllables are in rabble?

Letters6: R-A-B-B-L-E
Syllables2 (from its American pronunciation)
In writing1.0 times per million words; the 28,556th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search
Same letters

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 rabble?

Rabble appears 1.0 times per million words in written English, the 28,556th 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 rabble?

  • /ˈɹæbəl/

Rabble has 2 syllables (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: En-us-rabble.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

What rhymes with rabble?

No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as rabble.

Spelled with the same letters in another order: barbel.

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 rabble

  • rabbles present, singular, he/she/it, plural
  • rabbling participle, present
  • rabbled participle, past
  • ravel

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does rabble mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

verb

  1. 1

    To speak in a confused manner; talk incoherently; utter nonsense

  2. 2

    To speak confusedly or incoherently; gabble or chatter out

  3. 3

    To stir with a rabble.

noun

  1. 1

    obsoleteA bewildered or meaningless string of words.

  2. 2

    obsoleteA pack of animals; or any confused collection of things.

  3. 3

    A mob; a disorderly crowd.

  4. 4

    derogatoryThe mass of common people; the lowest class of populace.

  5. 5

    An iron bar used in puddling.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Rabble in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

LanguageWords
Frenchcohue, foule (a disorderly crowd), populace, racaille, plèbe (the mass of common people; the lowest class of…)
Spanishturba (a disorderly crowd), gentuza, gentualla, chusma, gleba, patulea (the mass of common people; the lowest class of…)
GermanPöbel (the mass of common people; the lowest class of…)
Portuguesegentalha, ralé, malta (the mass of common people; the lowest class of…)

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.

Where does rabble come from?

First attested since 1300s, from Middle English rablen (“to ramble; rave; speak in a confused manner”), cognate with Middle Dutch rabbelen (“to talk; chatter; trifle”), Low German rabbeln, robbeln (“to chatter; prattle”).

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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