Is Root Pronounced or Route

Route, as in a way or course to be taken, is pronounced ‘root’ in non American English as it is in French from which it is taken. The verb, to send down a particular way, is the same. Hence the computing router which directs signals down particular ways, would be pronounced rooter.

Is it pronounced route or root?

In US English, there are two distinct pronunciations of the word route, referring to a ‘way or course taken in getting from a starting point to a destination’. (In British English, the standard pronunciation rhymes with shoot and hoot.) For Americans, it is acceptable to pronounce the word as either rOOt or rOWt.

What is difference between root and route?

A root is the underground part of a plant or the source of something. To root is to poke or dig around or to cheer for someone. A rout is a chaotic retreat or a decisive loss. To rout is to defeat soundly.