rud
/ɹʌd/verb, noun
rud is spelled R-U-D: 3 letters and one syllable. It appears about once in every 6 million words in written English, the 74,122nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a verb, rud means “To become red; redden” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in rud?
| Letters | 3: R-U-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 6 million words; the 74,122nd 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 rud?
Rud appears about once in every 6 million words in written English, the 74,122nd 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 rud?
- /ɹʌd/
Rud 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-rud.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with rud
Also written: rudd.
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with rud?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as rud.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: dur, urd.
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 rud
- ruds present, singular, he/she/it, plural
- rudding participle, present
- rudded participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does rud mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
To become red; redden.
- 2
obsoleteTo make red.
noun
- 1
(engineering, euphemistic) Synonym of rapid unplanned disassembly: An unexpected explosion or breakup.
verb
- 1
To produce a RUD.
noun
- 1
obsoleteredness or blushing
- 2
obsoleteruddle or red ochre
- 3
Alternative form of rudd (“fish”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does rud come from?
From Middle English rudden, ruden, from Old English rudian (“to be ruddy”) (compare rudu (“redness”)), from Proto-Germanic *rudāną, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rudʰéh₁ti, from *h₁rewdʰ- (“red”); cognate with Old Cornish rud and Old Irish rúad). (Compare red).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).