rooster
/ˈɹustɚ/noun
rooster is spelled R-O-O-S-T-E-R: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 2.0 times per million words in written English, the 19,336th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, rooster means “A male domestic chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus) or other gallinaceous bird” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of rooster is roosters.
How many letters and syllables are in rooster?
| Letters | 7: R-O-O-S-T-E-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 2.0 times per million words; the 19,336th 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 rooster?
Rooster appears 2.0 times per million words in written English, the 19,336th 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 rooster?
- UK /ˈɹuːstə/
- British /ˈɹʉwstə/
- US /ˈɹustɚ/
Rooster 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: En-us-rooster.ogg, En-au-rooster.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with rooster?
One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as rooster from its last stressed vowel (/ustəɹ/):
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 rooster
- roosters plural
- roo
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does rooster mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
AustraliaCanadaUSA male domestic chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus) or other gallinaceous bird.
- 2
A bird or bat which roosts or is roosting.
- 3
obsoleteslangAn informer.
- 4
obsoleteslangA violent or disorderly person.
- 5
A powerful, prideful, or pompous person.
- 6
A man.
- 7
USA wild violet, when used in a children's game based on cockfighting.
- 8
USobsoleteslangLegislation solely devised to benefit the legislators proposing it.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Rooster in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense male chicken; male gallinaceous bird:
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 rooster come from?
From roost + -er. In the regions where it is used, displaced cock through taboo avoidance. Compare typologically Russian насе́дка (nasédka) (akin to наси́живать (nasíživatʹ), also akin to насе́ст (nasést)).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).