r

Other forms of r

plural

rs·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about r

What does r mean?

r means "a unit of radiation exposure; the dose of ionizing radiation that will produce 1 electrostatic unit of electricity in 1 cc of dry air". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in r?

r has 1 syllable: r. In IPA it is /ˈɑɹ/.

What is another word for r?

Close synonyms include roentgen, gas constant, universal gas constant, radius. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is r a common word?

r is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with r?

4 words rhyme with r. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.