# rooster

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈɹuːstə/ · frequency rank #19,441

## Definitions
1. A male domestic chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus) or other gallinaceous bird.
2. A bird or bat which roosts or is roosting.
3. An informer.
4. A violent or disorderly person.
5. A powerful, prideful, or pompous person.
6. A man.
7. A wild violet, when used in a children's game based on cockfighting.
8. Legislation solely devised to benefit the legislators proposing it.

## Etymology
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)).

## Easily confused with
- **roster** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rooster-vs-roster)
- **rooted** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rooster-vs-rooted)
- **router** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rooster-vs-router)
- **roost** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/roost-vs-rooster)
- **raster** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/raster-vs-rooster)
- **roasted** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/roasted-vs-rooster)
- **roadster** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/roadster-vs-rooster)

## Common misspellings (9)
`oroster`, `roosetr`, `roosster`, `roosterr`, `roostre`, `roostter`, `rootser`, `rosoter`, `rrooster`

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