rusk
/ɹʌsk/noun
rusk is spelled R-U-S-K: 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). As a noun, rusk means “A rectangular, hard, dry biscuit” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of rusk is rusks.
How many letters and syllables are in rusk?
| Letters | 4: R-U-S-K |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| Rhymes with |
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 rusk?
Rusk appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 41,660th 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 rusk?
- US /ɹʌsk/
- /ɹʊsk/
Rusk 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-rusk.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with rusk?
7 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as rusk from its last stressed vowel (/ʌsk/):
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 rusk
- rusks plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does rusk mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A rectangular, hard, dry biscuit.
- 2
A twice-baked bread, slices of bread baked until they are hard and crisp; zwieback.
- 3
A weaning food for children.
- 4
A cereal binder used in meat product manufacture.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Rusk in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense light, soft bread, often toasted or crisped in an oven:
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 rusk come from?
Borrowed from Spanish or Portuguese rosca (“a twist or roll of bread”)
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).