route

Other forms of route

plural

routes·

past tense

routed·

present participle

routing·

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 route

What does route mean?

route means "send documents or materials to appropriate destinations". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in route?

route has 1 syllable: route. In IPA it is /ˈɹut/.

What is another word for route?

Close synonyms include path, itinerary, road. 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 route a common word?

route 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 route?

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