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ras

noun

ras is spelled R-A-S: 3 letters and one syllable. It appears 1.6 times per million words in written English, the 22,073rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, ras means “An Ethiopian king or prince” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of ras is rases.

How many letters and syllables are in ras?

Letters3: R-A-S
Syllables1 (from its American pronunciation)
In writing1.6 times per million words; the 22,073rd 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 ras?

Ras appears 1.6 times per million words in written English, the 22,073rd 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 ras?

    Ras 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).

    What rhymes with ras?

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

    Spelled with the same letters in another order: ars, asr.

    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 ras

    • rases plural

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

    What does ras mean?

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

    noun

    1. 1

      An Ethiopian king or prince.

    2. 2

      A headland; a cape.

    noun

    as RAS
    1. 1

      Initialism of retinoic acid syndrome

    2. 2

      Initialism of redundant acronym syndrome.

    3. 3

      Initialism of replenishment at sea.

    4. 4

      Abbreviation of rail accessory system.

    5. 5

      Initialism of reticular activating system.

    6. 6

      Initialism of reasonable articulable suspicion.

    7. 7

      Initialism of renin-angiotensin system.

    8. 8

      Initialism of remote access service.

    noun

    as æras
    1. 1

      plural of æra (a form of æra)

    noun

    as Ras
    1. 1

      plural of Ra (a form of Ra)

    noun

    as RAs
    1. 1

      plural of RA (a form of RA)

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

    Where does ras come from?

    From Amharic ራስ (ras). More at Etymology 2.

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

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