# rudd

> English word · Noun · IPA /ɹʌd/ · frequency rank #21,643

## Definitions
1. Any species of the freshwater game fishes of genus Scardinius.
2. Any species of the freshwater game fishes of genus Scardinius.

## Etymology
Akin to rud, ruddy, ruddock. Via Proto-Indo-European *h₁rewdʰ- (whence also red) cognate with German Rotfeder, Irish ruán, Slovene rdečeperka.
Compare typologically Bulgarian червеноперка (červenoperka) (<+ червен (červen)), Macedonian црвеноперка (crvenoperka) (<+ црвен (crven)), Russian краснопёрка (krasnopjórka) (<+ красный (krasnyj)); Turkish kızılkanat (kızıl + kanat).

## Easily confused with
- **run** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rudd-vs-run)
- **rug** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rudd-vs-rug)
- **rum** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rudd-vs-rum)
- **rue** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rudd-vs-rue)
- **rut** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rudd-vs-rut)
- **Rus** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rudd-vs-rus)
- **rule** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rudd-vs-rule)
- **runs** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rudd-vs-runs)
- **rush** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rudd-vs-rush)
- **ruin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rudd-vs-ruin)
- **rude** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rudd-vs-rude)
- **ruth** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rudd-vs-ruth)
- **rust** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rudd-vs-rust)
- **Russ** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rudd-vs-russ)
- **Rudy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rudd-vs-rudy)
- **rung** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rudd-vs-rung)
- **ruse** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rudd-vs-ruse)
- **ruff** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rudd-vs-ruff)
- **rump** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rudd-vs-rump)
- **rune** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rudd-vs-rune)

## Common misspellings (4)
`rdud`, `rrudd`, `rud`, `urdd`

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