# rood

> English word · Noun · IPA /ɹuːd/ · frequency rank #48,460

## Definitions
1. A 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. A measure of five and a half yards in length.
5. The human face.

## Etymology
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”).
Cognate with German Rute (“rod, cane, pole”), Norwegian roda (“rod”). Largely displaced by cross. More at rod.

## Easily confused with
- **row** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rood-vs-row)
- **Roy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rood-vs-roy)
- **rot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rood-vs-rot)
- **ROS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rood-vs-ros)
- **RTD** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rood-vs-rtd)
- **room** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rood-vs-room)
- **rose** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rood-vs-rose)
- **roof** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rood-vs-roof)
- **root** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rood-vs-root)
- **Ross** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rood-vs-ross)
- **rope** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rood-vs-rope)
- **rows** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rood-vs-rows)
- **Rosa** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rood-vs-rosa)
- **Rory** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rood-vs-rory)
- **Roth** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rood-vs-roth)
- **Rowe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rood-vs-rowe)
- **rosy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rood-vs-rosy)
- **rudd** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rood-vs-rudd)
- **Roxy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rood-vs-roxy)
- **rook** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rood-vs-rook)

## Common misspellings (4)
`orod`, `rodo`, `roodd`, `rrood`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/rood