+70 examples of words with RR

The words with rr are also called as words with double r or words with double wrong. The rr is a digraph that is used in the Spanish language and that has very strict rules that can help you know when you should write it.

In this lesson from a TEACHER we want to give you some examples of words with rr and explain the spelling rules linked to this digraph.

Index

1. When is the rr used?
2. Words with R at the beginning
3. Examples of words with rr between vowels
4. Words with rr in the middle
5. Examples of compound words with rr
6. Examples of sentences with rr
7. Double R drill
8. Solutions to the double er exercise

Before discovering the examples of words with rr, it is important that you know when it is used. the double r it is a digraph, since they are two letters that form a single sound and although it does not have a place in the alphabet as such, it is a letter widely used in the Spanish language. This digraph sounds exactly same as strong r and it is very useful to differentiate when we want to write a word with the sound.

RR Rules

The first characteristic of the rr is that we can never find it at the beginning or end of a word, but it will always be found in the middle of term and will follow the following rules:

• All those words that have the sound of the strong r will be written with a double r between vowels. For example: mud or rice.
• The negation prefix in that we find in words like non-negotiable, is replaced by go as long as the word begins with r. Then we must write the letter r twice. For example: irreplaceable, unrepeatable, unattainable, unreal, etc.
• when we write compound words, if the first one ends in r and the second one begins with the same letter, it must be doubled. For example: lightning rod or robin.
• When compound words take a dash in the middle, the r should not be doubled, even if the sound of this phoneme is strong. For example: German-Russian or Greco-Roman.

The digraph rr performs the function of a single letter and, therefore, cannot be separated in two different syllables. For example, the break for the word brown should be marron.

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As we have mentioned before, words do not exist that start with the digraph rr, although we leave you with some examples of words that start with r, so you can see that the sound is exactly the same:

• radio
• bouquet
• racket
• rake
• Watch
• clothing
• stone
• rule
• rowing
• marker pen
• ramp
• roller
• roulette
• root
• Radar
• shelf
• slot
• portrait
• watering can
• rack
• rosemary
• knee
• grate
• crack
• kidnap
• scratch
• recline
• seclude
• pick
• recognize
• collect
• travel
• to water
• govern
• reign
• repeat
• rest
• meet
• laugh
• to break
• snore
• Recycle
• rhyme
• pray
• ruminate
• check
• rabid
• radical
• rancid
• queer
• lined
• reasonable
• reluctant
• reagent
• real
• sudden
• a cold
• straight
• rich
• robust
• red
• rural
• routine
• blond
• profitable

All words with double r's go between vowels. So, as you can imagine, there are many words in the Spanish dictionary that contain this digraph between two vowels. We present some examples so you can see it more clearly:

• Car
• Whisper
• Mud
• beer
• Lightning rod
• Redhead
• Robin
• Grasp
• Grab
• Ground
• Belly
• Dog pound
• Jar
• Club
• drowsiness
• co-religionist
• Banish
• Throw
• Spoil
• To land
• Bankruptcy
• Calf
• Lock
• Cigarette
• Runner
• churros
• Melt
• Waste
• Topple
• Banish
• iron
• Line
• Myrrh
• Narration
• Cover
• Warfare
• Iron
• Irritate
• Idea
• Tartar
• Torrid
• spanking
• Get drunk
• Landing
• canyon
• Corrigible
• Reason
• Tantrum
• Spread
• Waste
• Shedding
• circuit breaker
• To land
• Sweep
• self portrait
• squirt
• Cicada
• Belt
• Developing
• Bury
• Cap
• Derisory
• Washing machine
• Rat poison
• erro
• Viceroy
• loudmouth
• Viceroyalty
• Terrorism
• Help
• Travel
• Current
• Deoxyribonucleic
• Recurrent
• Jug
• To occure
• earthy
• Rejoinder
• Cart
• Macaroon
• Carousel
• Correct
• Infrared
• rails
• Jet
• Fritter
• Eradicate
• Counterrevolution
• Carrion
• Vice Chancellor
• Correspondence
• Spread
• Lump
• Fox
• Vase
• Watercress
• Jet
• Nougat
• Club
• Dog
• To run
• Terrible
• Up
• Donkey
• Counter Reformation
• Irreligious
• Irreverent
• Wrinkle
• Wart
• Bored
• hyperrealism
• Irresponsible
• Rapture
• Start up
• Mountain range
• Lull
• Race
• Very rich
• Irremediable
• Stream
• Barbecue
• Grill
• Tool
• Bar
• Tower
• Cap
• Brown
• Spoil
• Guitar
• Earthquake
• Saw
• Railway
• Cowbell
• Neighborhood
• time trial
• Vine
• neorealism
• Very rich
• Interracial

As the double r is a digraph that cannot be placed at the beginning or at the end of a word, you can also find many words in the Spanish language that have this figure in the middle of the word. We leave you some examples of words with rr so you can check it for yourself:

• Rice
• Stream
• Dog
• Grocery
• Donkey
• Saw
• Barrier
• Guitar
• Car
• Close
• Drag
• Street sweeper
• land
• Earthquake
• Magpie
• Closed
• Jug
• To run
• Fritter
• Daring
• Bumblebee
• Mud
• Macaroon
• Cigar
• Race
• grasp
• grab
• save money
• rabies
• anti-theft device
• club
• ingrain
• raze
• fix
• clothe
• to land
• terrorize
• calf
• bellowing
• howl
• apology
• erase
• float
• cowbell
• lock
• close
• closed
• bolt
• squeak
• gossip
• strap
• correction
• Right
• runner
• to run
• to spill
• skid
• melt
• shoot down
• topple
• waste
• defeat
• tear down
• banish
• confinement
• eradicate
• error
• henchman
• iron
• war
• iron
• question
• switch
• irrational
• radiate
• unreal
• irritate
• burst
• scrub
• morrillo
• homesickness
• calf
• dog
• pitorreo
• leek
• Help
• bury
• terrestrial
• terrace
• ground
• terrible
• earthy
• terroir
• figurehead
• torrent
• keep
• torrezno
• french toast
• wart
• loud voice

As we have mentioned before, the compound words They are also a type of words that use the double erre spelling.

We show you some examples of words with rr so that you can analyze the two words that make up the composition and why it is necessary for them to have rr:

• Viceroyalty
• Redhead
• Bankruptcy
• Unreal
• Adrenal
• pro rata
• Lightning rod
• Rabies
• Rejoinder
• Infrared
• self portrait
• Wardrobe
• Vice Chancellor
• portrait
• Apportion
• advertorial
• Greco-Roman
• Counter
• Bankruptcy
• Break out

Sometimes reading isolated words can make us not fully understand the concept we are working on, since our brain is prepared to constantly build sentences. That's why we want to show you some examples of sentences with double r, so that this digraph is totally clear in your mind:

• When it rains a lot of mud forms.
• A dog was abandoned with her puppies.
• The train went off the rails.
• The macaroni was delicious.
• That boy was terrible, he didn't pay attention to anyone.
• From the Ministry of Education they seek to eradicate illiteracy.
• The wine is super rich.
• It was a very boring movie.
• It was an outburst, but then he regretted it.
• Her dress was full of wrinkles.
• He had a wart, but the doctor took it out.
• He cut all the branches with the handsaw.
• The vine is laden with ripe grapes.
• It was a beautiful land full of plants.
• The big mare wears a cowbell around her neck.
• The stream water was very clean.
• She brought the guitar and we had a lot of fun singing.
• What happened was irremediable.
• The barbecue was spectacular!
• He had lost the tools, but he finally found them.

Now that you have been able to see examples of words with rr, we are going to offer you an exercise and its solutions so that you can practice at home.

And it is that the best way to know if you have understood a concept correctly is to check that you know how to apply it in practice. That's why we want leave you with an exercise which will help you verify that you have the double r issue under control or that, on the contrary, you need to review the lesson again.

Write r or rr at the _ symbol as appropriate, taking into account the spelling rules that we have previously taught you:

• The pe_as cost us very ca_as; almost at the price of o_o.
• My father and mother attended my heart operation.
• Thanks to the c_iño of my p_imo, the p_ecioso lo_o was saved.
• For that bathroom, cha_os and ca_etas were clogged.
• The pe_os licked and jumped through the high ce_os.
• The _icos do not always see everything from colo_ de _osa.
• He gave _isa ve_ jumps_ to the _anas among the _amas of the cha_ca.
• The _obo dishonor_a car_is his.
• He was embarrassed when she named him.
• At tea_o we saw a comedy by en_edo.
• Is_ael was considered a good sportsman.
• The exquisite poetry of Bécque_ belongs to post_omanticism.
• The water took care of un_zing his _risen hair.
• The ob_e_os t_baja_on until des_iñona_se.
• Des_atizar the city is the task of the City Council.
• He pruned the trees almost to the point of dis_love them.
• It p_oduces me son_eye listen_ such vileness.
• He raised a lot that he would sell tomorrow.
• The unimportant facts are not worth mentioning.
• My p_imo planted at_age_as in the ja_dín.
• They curl around the fingers of the trees.
• Jo_ge Man_ique was a great poet in the reign of En_ique IV.
• The problem is too complicated.
• Con_ado was amused by en_inging in his room.
• Work is honorable and should not offend anyone.

We hope that this article has helped you to know a little better the words with rr and you have been able to soak with all examples. If you are interested in continuing to learn more about this topic or something similar, do not hesitate to consult our spelling section.

Before reading this section, we recommend that you try the previous exercise about the double r. Once you have tried it yourself, you can check here how many of the answers you have given are correct.

These are the solutions to the double er exercise:

• The dogs cost us dearly; almost at the price of gold.
• My father and mother attended my heart operation.
• Thanks to my cousin's love, the precious parrot was saved.
• Wagons and carts crawled through that mud.
• The dogs ran and jumped over the high hills.
• The rich don't always see everything rosy.
• It was funny to see the frogs jump between the branches of the pond.
• Theft dishonors its authors.
• He flushed with embarrassment when he was named.
• In the theater we saw a sitcom.
• Israel was considered a good sportsman.
• Bécquer's exquisite poetry belongs to post-romanticism.
• The water took care of straightening her curly hair.
• The workers worked to the point of exhaustion.
• Deratizing the city is the task of the City Council.
• Trees were trimmed to almost limbless.
• It makes me blush to hear such vileness.
• He stressed a lot that he would come tomorrow.
• Unimportant facts are not underlined.
• My cousin planted vines in the garden.
• These coiled around the trees.
• Jorge Manrique was a great poet in the reign of Enrique IV.
• The problem was too convoluted.
• Conrado entertained himself messing around in his room.
• Work honors and should not blush anyone.

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