rom
/ɹoʊm/adjective
rom is spelled R-O-M: 3 letters and one syllable. It appears 5.6 times per million words in written English, the 10,358th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, rom means “Abbreviation of roman” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in rom?
| Letters | 3: R-O-M |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 5.6 times per million words; the 10,358th 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 rom?
Rom appears 5.6 times per million words in written English, the 10,358th 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 rom?
- /ɹɒm/
- /ɹɑm/
- UK /ɹəʊm/
- US /ɹoʊm/
Rom 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-ROM.wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Persent101-Rom.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with rom?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as rom from its last stressed vowel (/oʊm/):
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).
What does rom mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Abbreviation of roman.
noun
- 1
Acronym of read-only memory.
- 2
A software image of read-only memory (as of a game cartridge) used in emulation.
- 3
The nonvolatile internal storage, often a solid-state drive, on a mobile device or computer.
- 4
Initialism of range of motion.
- 5
Acronym of rupture of membranes.
- 6
Initialism of return on margin.
- 7
Initialism of rough order of magnitude: An informal cost or price estimate provided for planning and budgeting purposes only, typically expected to be only 75% accurate.
- 8
Initialism of run of month.
noun
- 1
A member of the Romani people.
- 2
A male member of the Romani people who is married and considered respectable amongst the family.
adjective
- 1
rareRomani: of or pertaining to the Roma people.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Rom in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense a member of the Romani people:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | Rom, Rrom, bohémien, gitan, tsigane |
| German | Zigeuner, Zigeunerin, Rom, Roma, Romni, Sinti und Roma |
| Portuguese | români, romani, cigano, cigana |
| Spanish | gitano, gitana |
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.