smoot
/smuːt/noun
smoot is spelled S-M-O-O-T: 5 letters and one syllable. It appears about once in every 4 million words in written English, the 60,074th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, smoot means “A unit of length defined as exactly sixty-seven inches (approximately 1.70 meters)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of smoot is smoots.
How many letters and syllables are in smoot?
| Letters | 5: S-M-O-O-T |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 4 million words; the 60,074th 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 smoot?
Smoot appears about once in every 4 million words in written English, the 60,074th 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 smoot?
- /smuːt/
Smoot 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-smoot.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with smoot?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as smoot.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: tomos, motos.
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 smoot
- smoots plural
- smoat
- smout
- smeut
- smot
- smut
- smute
- smeyut
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does smoot mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A unit of length defined as exactly sixty-seven inches (approximately 1.70 meters).
- 2
UKA small opening built into a dry-stone wall, fence, or hedge to allow sheep (and hares) to pass through; a thirl.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does smoot come from?
Derives from the height of Oliver R. Smoot, who had lain on the Harvard Bridge to measure it as a fraternity prank at MIT.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).