rosc
noun
rosc is spelled R-O-S-C: 4 letters. It appears about once in every 35 million words in written English, the 180,281st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, rosc means “An ancient form of unrhymed Old Irish verse that uses alliteration and meter” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of rosc is roscada.
How many letters and syllables are in rosc?
| Letters | 4: R-O-S-C |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 35 million words; the 180,281st 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; 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 rosc?
Rosc appears about once in every 35 million words in written English, the 180,281st 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).
What rhymes with rosc?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as rosc.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: scro.
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 rosc
- roscada plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does rosc mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
An ancient form of unrhymed Old Irish verse that uses alliteration and meter.
noun
- 1
Initialism of return of spontaneous circulation.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does rosc come from?
Learned borrowing from Irish rosc (“rhetorical composition”), from Old Irish rosc (“short poem, ode”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).