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wrastle

wrast·le/ˈɹæs(ə)l/obsolete

wrastle is spelled W-R-A-S-T-L-E: 7 letters and 2 syllables (wrast·le). As a verb, wrastle means “Alternative form of wrestle” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

How many letters and syllables are in wrastle?

Letters7: W-R-A-S-T-L-E
Syllables2: wrast·le
In writingtoo rare for the frequency list
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search
Sounds like
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 do you pronounce wrastle?

  • UK /ˈɹæsl̩/
  • US /ˈɹæs(ə)l/

Wrastle has 2 syllables, split wrast·le in writing.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Words people confuse with wrastle

Sounds like: rassle, wrassle (Wiktionary's homophone list; some hold only in some accents).

Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).

What rhymes with wrastle?

One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as wrastle from its last stressed vowel (/æsl/):

Spelled with the same letters in another order: wastrel.

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 wrastle

  • wrastles present, singular, he/she/it
  • wrastling participle, present
  • wrastled participle, past

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does wrastle mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

verb

  1. 1

    USinformalobsoleteAlternative form of wrestle.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Where does wrastle come from?

From Middle English wrastlen: see wrestle.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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