Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

rougher

/ɹˈʌfɚ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.84 in modern English

Syllables: rougher
IPA: /ɹˈʌfɚ/

11

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

comparative form of rough: more rough

noun

A worker who shapes something to prepare it for a finishing operation.

noun

A piece of woollen cloth prepared for fulling.

Inflected Forms

roughers (plural)

Homonyms

ruffer

Rhymes With

suffer buffer tougher puffer stuffer duffer stouffer huffer snuffer bluffer ruffer

Questions

How do you pronounce rougher?: The recorded pronunciation is /ɹˈʌfɚ/.
What does rougher mean?: comparative form of rough: more rough

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