roughie
noun
roughie is spelled R-O-U-G-H-I-E: 7 letters. It appears about once in every 71 million words in written English, the 265,644th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, roughie means “Alternative form of roughy (“type of fish”)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of roughie is roughies.
How many letters and syllables are in roughie?
| Letters | 7: R-O-U-G-H-I-E |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 71 million words; the 265,644th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is roughie?
Roughie appears about once in every 71 million words in written English, the 265,644th 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).
Forms of roughie
- roughies plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does roughie mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Alternative form of roughy (“type of fish”).
- 2
slangA film portraying rough sex.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does roughie come from?
From rough + -ie.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).