# rouse

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈɹaʊz/ · frequency rank #25,559

## Definitions
1. An arousal.
2. The sounding of a bugle in the morning after reveille, to signal that soldiers are to rise from bed, often the rouse.

## Etymology
From Middle English rousen, from Anglo-Norman reuser, ruser, originally used in English of hawks shaking the feathers of the body, from Latin recūsō, by loss of the medial 'c.' Doublet of recuse.
Figurative meaning “to stir up, provoke to activity” is from 1580s; that of “awaken” is first recorded 1590s.

## Easily confused with
- **rue** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rouse-vs-rue)
- **Rus** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rouse-vs-rus)
- **rule** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rouse-vs-rule)
- **rush** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rouse-vs-rush)
- **rude** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rouse-vs-rude)
- **rows** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rouse-vs-rows)
- **rust** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rouse-vs-rust)
- **Russ** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rouse-vs-russ)
- **Rowe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rouse-vs-rowe)
- **ruse** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rouse-vs-ruse)
- **rout** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rouse-vs-rout)
- **roux** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rouse-vs-roux)
- **rune** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rouse-vs-rune)
- **rove** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rouse-vs-rove)
- **rube** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rouse-vs-rube)
- **rusk** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rouse-vs-rusk)
- **route** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rouse-vs-route)
- **Royce** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rouse-vs-royce)
- **routes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rouse-vs-routes)
- **router** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rouse-vs-router)

## Common misspellings (6)
`oruse`, `rosue`, `roues`, `rousse`, `rrouse`, `ruose`

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