diff --git a/packages/fetch-router/CHANGELOG.md b/packages/fetch-router/CHANGELOG.md
index e48430aa2fc..24347f1214a 100644
--- a/packages/fetch-router/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/packages/fetch-router/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ This is the changelog for [`fetch-router`](https://github.com/remix-run/remix/tr
 - Add support for `request.signal` abort, which now short-circuits the middleware chain. `router.fetch()` will now throw `DOMException` with `error.name === 'AbortError'` when a request is aborted
 - Fix an issue where `Router`'s `fetch` wasn't spec-compliant
 - Provide empty `context.formData` to `POST`/`PUT`/etc handlers when `parseFormData: false`
+- Add functional aliases for routes that respond to a single HTTP verb
 
 ## v0.6.0 (2025-10-10)
 
diff --git a/packages/fetch-router/src/index.ts b/packages/fetch-router/src/index.ts
index cc757b32b67..5a9977391b3 100644
--- a/packages/fetch-router/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/fetch-router/src/index.ts
@@ -40,6 +40,23 @@ export type {
 
 export type { RouteHandlers, InferRouteHandler, RouteHandler } from './lib/route-handlers.ts'
 
+export {
+  createDestroy,
+  createDestroy as destroy, // shorthand
+  createGet,
+  createGet as get, // shorthand
+  createHead,
+  createHead as head, // shorthand
+  createOptions,
+  createOptions as options, // shorthand
+  createPatch,
+  createPatch as patch, // shorthand
+  createPost,
+  createPost as post, // shorthand
+  createPut,
+  createPut as put, // shorthand
+} from './lib/route-helpers.ts'
+
 export {
   Route,
   createRoutes,
diff --git a/packages/fetch-router/src/lib/route-helpers.test.ts b/packages/fetch-router/src/lib/route-helpers.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..62f73ad8b95
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/fetch-router/src/lib/route-helpers.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,131 @@
+import * as assert from 'node:assert/strict'
+import { describe, it } from 'node:test'
+
+import type { Assert, IsEqual } from './type-utils.ts'
+import { Route, createRoutes as route } from './route-map.ts'
+import { destroy, get, head, options, patch, post, put } from '../index.ts'
+import { RoutePattern } from '@remix-run/route-pattern'
+
+describe('route helpers composition', () => {
+  it('composes route helpers in a route map', () => {
+    let routes = route({
+      home: '/',
+      posts: {
+        index: get('/posts'),
+        create: post('/posts'),
+        show: get('/posts/:id'),
+        update: put('/posts/:id'),
+        patch: patch('/posts/:id'),
+        destroy: destroy('/posts/:id'),
+      },
+      api: {
+        health: head('/api/health'),
+        options: options('/api/settings'),
+      },
+    })
+
+    assert.deepEqual(routes.home, new Route('ANY', '/'))
+    assert.deepEqual(routes.posts.index, new Route('GET', '/posts'))
+    assert.deepEqual(routes.posts.create, new Route('POST', '/posts'))
+    assert.deepEqual(routes.posts.show, new Route('GET', '/posts/:id'))
+    assert.deepEqual(routes.posts.update, new Route('PUT', '/posts/:id'))
+    assert.deepEqual(routes.posts.patch, new Route('PATCH', '/posts/:id'))
+    assert.deepEqual(routes.posts.destroy, new Route('DELETE', '/posts/:id'))
+    assert.deepEqual(routes.api.health, new Route('HEAD', '/api/health'))
+    assert.deepEqual(routes.api.options, new Route('OPTIONS', '/api/settings'))
+  })
+
+  it('composes route helpers with base paths', () => {
+    let apiRoutes = route('api/v1', {
+      users: {
+        index: get('/'),
+        create: post('/'),
+        show: get('/:id'),
+        update: put('/:id'),
+        destroy: destroy('/:id'),
+      },
+    })
+
+    let routes = route({
+      home: '/',
+      api: apiRoutes,
+    })
+
+    assert.deepEqual(routes.api.users.index, new Route('GET', '/api/v1'))
+    assert.deepEqual(routes.api.users.create, new Route('POST', '/api/v1'))
+    assert.deepEqual(routes.api.users.show, new Route('GET', '/api/v1/:id'))
+    assert.deepEqual(routes.api.users.update, new Route('PUT', '/api/v1/:id'))
+    assert.deepEqual(routes.api.users.destroy, new Route('DELETE', '/api/v1/:id'))
+  })
+
+  it('mixes helper methods with string patterns', () => {
+    let routes = route({
+      home: '/',
+      about: '/about',
+      contact: get('/contact'),
+      login: post('/auth/login'),
+      logout: destroy('/auth/logout'),
+      profile: {
+        show: '/profile',
+        edit: get('/profile/edit'),
+        update: patch('/profile'),
+      },
+    })
+
+    assert.deepEqual(routes.home, new Route('ANY', '/'))
+    assert.deepEqual(routes.about, new Route('ANY', '/about'))
+    assert.deepEqual(routes.contact, new Route('GET', '/contact'))
+    assert.deepEqual(routes.login, new Route('POST', '/auth/login'))
+    assert.deepEqual(routes.logout, new Route('DELETE', '/auth/logout'))
+    assert.deepEqual(routes.profile.show, new Route('ANY', '/profile'))
+    assert.deepEqual(routes.profile.edit, new Route('GET', '/profile/edit'))
+    assert.deepEqual(routes.profile.update, new Route('PATCH', '/profile'))
+  })
+
+  it('uses helper methods with complex patterns', () => {
+    let routes = route({
+      api: {
+        posts: get('/api/posts(/:lang)'),
+        createPost: post('/api/posts'),
+        updatePost: put('/api/posts/:id'),
+        deletePost: destroy('/api/posts/:id'),
+      },
+      healthCheck: head('/health'),
+    })
+
+    assert.deepEqual(routes.api.posts, new Route('GET', '/api/posts(/:lang)'))
+    assert.deepEqual(routes.api.createPost, new Route('POST', '/api/posts'))
+    assert.deepEqual(routes.api.updatePost, new Route('PUT', '/api/posts/:id'))
+    assert.deepEqual(routes.api.deletePost, new Route('DELETE', '/api/posts/:id'))
+    assert.deepEqual(routes.healthCheck, new Route('HEAD', '/health'))
+  })
+})
+
+let composedRoutes = route({
+  home: '/',
+  ...route('posts', {
+    posts: get('/'),
+    createPost: post('/'),
+    showPost: get(':id'),
+    updatePost: put(':id'),
+    deletePost: destroy(':id'),
+  }),
+  api: {
+    health: head('/api/health'),
+    options: options('/api/settings'),
+  },
+  patch: patch(new RoutePattern('/patch')),
+  put: put(new RoutePattern('/misc/put')),
+})
+
+type Tests = [
+  Assert<IsEqual<typeof composedRoutes.posts, Route<'GET', '/posts'>>>,
+  Assert<IsEqual<typeof composedRoutes.createPost, Route<'POST', '/posts'>>>,
+  Assert<IsEqual<typeof composedRoutes.showPost, Route<'GET', '/posts/:id'>>>,
+  Assert<IsEqual<typeof composedRoutes.updatePost, Route<'PUT', '/posts/:id'>>>,
+  Assert<IsEqual<typeof composedRoutes.deletePost, Route<'DELETE', '/posts/:id'>>>,
+  Assert<IsEqual<typeof composedRoutes.api.health, Route<'HEAD', '/api/health'>>>,
+  Assert<IsEqual<typeof composedRoutes.api.options, Route<'OPTIONS', '/api/settings'>>>,
+  Assert<IsEqual<typeof composedRoutes.patch, Route<'PATCH', '/patch'>>>,
+  Assert<IsEqual<typeof composedRoutes.put, Route<'PUT', '/misc/put'>>>,
+]
diff --git a/packages/fetch-router/src/lib/route-helpers.ts b/packages/fetch-router/src/lib/route-helpers.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7114b1ab207
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/fetch-router/src/lib/route-helpers.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+import type { RoutePattern } from '@remix-run/route-pattern'
+
+import type { RequestMethod } from './request-methods'
+
+/**
+ * Shorthand for a DELETE route.
+ */
+export function createDestroy<T extends string | RoutePattern>(pattern: T) {
+  return { method: 'DELETE', pattern: pattern } as BuildRouteObject<'DELETE', T>
+}
+
+/**
+ * Shorthand for a GET route.
+ */
+export function createGet<T extends string | RoutePattern>(pattern: T) {
+  return { method: 'GET', pattern: pattern } as BuildRouteObject<'GET', T>
+}
+
+/**
+ * Shorthand for a HEAD route.
+ */
+export function createHead<T extends string | RoutePattern>(pattern: T) {
+  return { method: 'HEAD', pattern: pattern } as BuildRouteObject<'HEAD', T>
+}
+
+/**
+ * Shorthand for a OPTIONS route.
+ */
+export function createOptions<T extends string | RoutePattern>(pattern: T) {
+  return { method: 'OPTIONS', pattern: pattern } as BuildRouteObject<'OPTIONS', T>
+}
+
+/**
+ * Shorthand for a PATCH route.
+ */
+export function createPatch<T extends string | RoutePattern>(pattern: T) {
+  return { method: 'PATCH', pattern: pattern } as BuildRouteObject<'PATCH', T>
+}
+
+/**
+ * Shorthand for a POST route.
+ */
+export function createPost<T extends string | RoutePattern>(pattern: T) {
+  return { method: 'POST', pattern: pattern } as BuildRouteObject<'POST', T>
+}
+
+/**
+ * Shorthand for a PUT route.
+ */
+export function createPut<T extends string | RoutePattern>(pattern: T) {
+  return { method: 'PUT', pattern: pattern } as BuildRouteObject<'PUT', T>
+}
+
+// prettier-ignore
+type BuildRouteObject<M extends RequestMethod, T> = 
+  T extends string ? {method: M, pattern: T} :
+  T extends RoutePattern<infer P extends string> ? {method: M, pattern: RoutePattern<P>} :
+  never;