ratten
noun
ratten is spelled R-A-T-T-E-N: 6 letters. It appears about once in every 29 million words in written English, the 163,711th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, ratten means “Alternative form of ratton” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of ratten is rattens.
How many letters and syllables are in ratten?
| Letters | 6: R-A-T-T-E-N |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 29 million words; the 163,711th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; 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 ratten?
Ratten appears about once in every 29 million words in written English, the 163,711th 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).
What rhymes with ratten?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as ratten.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: natter, treant.
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 ratten
- rattens plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- rattening participle, present
- rattened participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does ratten mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
rareAlternative form of ratton.
verb
- 1
obsoleteTo sabotage machinery or tools as part of an industrial dispute, particularly the tools of a workman who went against the union.
Did you also employ them to ratten people if they had broken any rules of your society, for instance, by having too many apprentices?
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does ratten come from?
The verbal sense is from the notion of causing mischief like a rat.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).