rost
/ɹɔst/noun
rost is spelled R-O-S-T: 4 letters and one syllable. It appears about once in every 8 million words in written English, the 82,325th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, rost means “Alternative form of roust (“strong tide or current”)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of rost is rosts.
How many letters and syllables are in rost?
| Letters | 4: R-O-S-T |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 8 million words; the 82,325th 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 rost?
Rost appears about once in every 8 million words in written English, the 82,325th 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 rost?
- /ɹɔst/
Rost has one syllable (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).
Words people confuse with rost
Also written: roast.
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with rost?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as rost.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: sort.
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 rost
- rosts plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does rost mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
ScotlandAlternative form of roust (“strong tide or current”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).