rugose
/ˌɹuːˈɡoʊs/adjective
rugose is spelled R-U-G-O-S-E: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 19 million words in written English, the 130,282nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, rugose means “Having rugae or wrinkles, creases, ridges, or corrugation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in rugose?
| Letters | 6: R-U-G-O-S-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 19 million words; the 130,282nd 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; 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 rugose?
Rugose appears about once in every 19 million words in written English, the 130,282nd 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 rugose?
- UK /ɹʊˈɡəʊs/
- US /ˌɹuːˈɡoʊs/
Rugose has 2 syllables (counted from the pronunciation).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-rugose.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with rugose?
9 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as rugose from its last stressed vowel (/oʊs/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: grouse.
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 rugose
- more rugose comparative
- most rugose superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does rugose mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Having rugae or wrinkles, creases, ridges, or corrugation.
- 2
rareRugged, rough, unrefined.
- 3
Having a rough, wrinkled, or wavy surface; commonly in parasynthetic usage e.g. "rugose-veined" or "rugose-leaved".
- 4
Describing fossil corals of the extinct order †Rugosa (also called Tetracoralla), that have horn-shaped corals with surfaces covered with ridges.
- 5
Used when combined with another adjective, for example, rugose-reticulate or rugose-punctate.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Rugose in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense having wrinkles, creases, or ridges:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Spanish | rugoso |
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 rugose come from?
From Latin rūgōsus (“wrinkled”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).