# rusk

> English word · Noun · IPA /ɹʌsk/ · frequency rank #41,865

## Definitions
1. a rectangular, hard, dry biscuit
2. a twice-baked bread, slices of bread baked until they are hard and crisp (also called a zwieback)
3. a weaning food for children
4. a cereal binder used in meat product manufacture

## Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish or Portuguese rosca (“a twist or roll of bread”)

## Easily confused with
- **rut** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rusk-vs-rut)
- **ruth** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rusk-vs-ruth)
- **rust** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rusk-vs-rust)
- **Russ** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rusk-vs-russ)
- **rusty** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rusk-vs-rusty)
- **RS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rs-vs-rusk)
- **run** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/run-vs-rusk)
- **rub** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rub-vs-rusk)
- **res** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/res-vs-rusk)
- **rug** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rug-vs-rusk)
- **rum** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rum-vs-rusk)
- **rue** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rue-vs-rusk)
- **RSS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rss-vs-rusk)
- **ROS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ros-vs-rusk)
- **ras** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ras-vs-rusk)
- **RSA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rsa-vs-rusk)
- **Rus** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rus-vs-rusk)
- **RSI** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rsi-vs-rusk)
- **r's** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/r-s-vs-rusk)
- **RSL** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rsl-vs-rusk)

## Common misspellings (6)
`rrusk`, `rsuk`, `ruks`, `ruskk`, `russk`, `ursk`

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