rube
/ɹuːb/noun
rube is spelled R-U-B-E: 4 letters and one syllable. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 41,660th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data, counting Rube, the name). As a noun, rube means “A person of rural heritage; a yokel” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of rube is rubes.
How many letters and syllables are in rube?
| Letters | 4: R-U-B-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 41,660th 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 rube?
Rube appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 41,660th most frequent word form in the list. The list counts every capitalisation together, so this includes Rube, the name.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce rube?
- /ɹuːb/
Rube 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). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-rube.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with rube?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as rube.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: uber, ebru.
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 rube
- rubes plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does rube mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
CanadaUSinformalA person of rural heritage; a yokel.
- 2
derogatoryAn uninformed, unsophisticated, or unintelligent person.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Rube in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | plouc |
| German | Bauerntölpel, Bauerntrampel , Tölpel, Trottel |
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 rube come from?
Generic use of the name Rube. See hey rube for more.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).