router
/ˈɹaʊ.tɚ/noun, verb
router is spelled R-O-U-T-E-R: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 3.2 times per million words in written English, the 14,928th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, router means “Someone who routes or directs items from one location to another” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of router is routers.
How many letters and syllables are in router?
| Letters | 6: R-O-U-T-E-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 3.2 times per million words; the 14,928th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with | |
| 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 router?
Router appears 3.2 times per million words in written English, the 14,928th 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 router?
- UK /ˈɹuː.tə(ɹ)/
- US /ˈɹaʊ.tɚ/
As a noun (“A power tool used in carpentry for cutting grooves”): /ˈɹaʊtə(ɹ)/, /ˈɹaʊtɚ/.
Router 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-uk-router.ogg, Router_AmEn_pronunciation.mp3, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with router?
One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as router from its last stressed vowel (/aʊtəɹ/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: tourer, retour.
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 router
- routers plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- routering participle, present
- routered participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does router mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Someone who routes or directs items from one location to another.
The router directed the movement of the company's trucks.
- 2
Any device that directs packets of information using the equivalent of Open Systems Interconnection layer 3 (network layer) information. Most commonly used in reference to Internet Protocol routers.
- 3
A device that connects local area networks to form a larger internet by, at minimum, selectively passing those datagrams having a destination IP address to the network which is able to deliver them to their destination; a network gateway.
The router was configured to forward packets outside of a certain range of IP addresses to its internet uplink port.
- 4
In integrated circuit or printed circuit board design, an algorithm for adding all wires needed to properly connect all of the placed components while obeying all design rules.
- 5
A list and record of instructions that follows a part in a manufacturing process.
- 6
A power tool used in carpentry for cutting grooves.
He made an attractive edge on the table with a router.
- 7
A plane made like a spokeshave, for working the inside edges of circular sashes.
- 8
A plane with a hooked tool protruding far below the sole, for smoothing the bottom of a cavity.
verb
- 1
to hollow out or cut using a router power tool.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Router in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | Router , Oberfräse |
| Portuguese | roteador, router , tupia |
| Spanish | router, enrutador, ruteador, direccionador, rúter , fresadora |
| French | défonceuse , routeur |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does router come from?
From route + -er.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).