rooter
noun
rooter is spelled R-O-O-T-E-R: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 10 million words in written English, the 93,703rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, rooter means “One who, or that which, roots; one that tears up by the roots” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of rooter is rooters.
How many letters and syllables are in rooter?
| Letters | 6: R-O-O-T-E-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 10 million words; the 93,703rd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| 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 rooter?
Rooter appears about once in every 10 million words in written English, the 93,703rd 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 rooter?
- Australia
Rooter 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-au-rooter.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with rooter?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as rooter.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: torero.
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 rooter
- rooters plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does rooter mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
One who, or that which, roots; one that tears up by the roots.
- 2
A type of heavy machinery similar to a plow for breaking up soil, concrete, asphalt, etc.
- 3
A blade for producing a narrow groove in a piece of wood.
- 4
A device for boring a pathway through a blocked drain or sewer.
- 5
One who roots or rummages through something.
- 6
A type of malware that obtains and runs using privileged access, bypassing normal security systems.
- 7
One who holds a primary or founding position in an enterprise.
- 8
A plant, viewed in terms of how it establishes its roots.
- 9
USslangOne who roots for, or applauds, something.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does rooter come from?
From root + -er.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).