rooftop
/ˈɹufˌtɑp/noun
rooftop is spelled R-O-O-F-T-O-P: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 3.5 times per million words in written English, the 13,897th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, rooftop means “The area atop a roof” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of rooftop is rooftops.
How many letters and syllables are in rooftop?
| Letters | 7: R-O-O-F-T-O-P |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 3.5 times per million words; the 13,897th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is rooftop?
Rooftop appears 3.5 times per million words in written English, the 13,897th 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 rooftop?
- UK /ˈɹuːfˌtɒp/
- US /ˈɹufˌtɑp/
- US /ˈɹʊfˌtɑp/
Rooftop has 2 syllables (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-rooftop.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of rooftop
- rooftops plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does rooftop mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The area atop a roof.
- 2
The top layer of a roof; the material covering or composing a roof.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Rooftop in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense top surface of a roof:
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 rooftop come from?
From roof + top.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).