rood
/ɹuːd/noun
rood is spelled R-O-O-D: 4 letters and one syllable. It appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 48,230th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, rood means “A measure of land area, equal to a quarter of an acre” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of rood is roods.
How many letters and syllables are in rood?
| Letters | 4: R-O-O-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 3 million words; the 48,230th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Sounds like | |
| 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 rood?
Rood appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 48,230th 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 rood?
- /ɹuːd/
Rood 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-rood.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with rood
Sounds like: rude (Wiktionary's homophone list; some hold only in some accents).
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with rood?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as rood.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: door, odor, ordo.
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 rood
- roods plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does rood mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
archaicA crucifix, cross, especially in a church.
- 2
A measure of land area, equal to a quarter of an acre.
- 3
An area of sixty-four square yards.
- 4
UKobsoleteA measure of five and a half yards in length.
- 5
archaicThe human face.
Nou goth sonne under wode,– Me reweth, Marie, thi faire Rode. Nou goth sonne under tre,–
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate rood?
Wiktionary records one abbreviation of rood: ro..
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Rood in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense quarter of an acre:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | vergée |
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 rood come from?
From Middle English rode, rood (“cross”), from Old English rōd (“cross”), from Proto-Germanic *rōdō, *rōdǭ (“rod, pole”), from Proto-Indo-European *rōt-, *reh₁t- (“bar, beam, stem”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).