rustic
/ˈɹʌstɪk/adjective, noun
rustic is spelled R-U-S-T-I-C: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 2.3 times per million words in written English, the 17,813th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, rustic means “Country-styled or pastoral; rural” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in rustic?
| Letters | 6: R-U-S-T-I-C |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 2.3 times per million words; the 17,813th 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 rustic?
Rustic appears 2.3 times per million words in written English, the 17,813th 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 rustic?
- /ˈɹʌstɪk/
Rustic has 2 syllables (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: En-uk-rustic.ogg, En-us-rustic.ogg, En-au-rustic.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with rustic?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as rustic.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: citrus, rictus.
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 rustic
- more rustic comparative
- most rustic superlative
- rustick
- rusticke
- rustique
- rustics plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does rustic mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Country-styled or pastoral; rural.
rustic country where the sheep and cattle roamed freely
- 2
Unfinished or roughly finished.
rustic manners
- 3
Crude, rough.
- 4
Simple; artless; unaffected.
noun
- 1
A rural person.
- 2
derogatoryAn unsophisticated or uncultured person.
- 3
A noctuoid moth.
- 4
Any of various nymphalid butterflies having brown and orange wings, especially Cupha erymanthis.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Rustic in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | rustikal , Landei, Hinterwäldler, Hinterwäldlerin |
| Portuguese | rústico |
| Spanish | rústico |
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 rustic come from?
From Latin rūsticus. Doublet of roister.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).