Romanes
[ʁomaˈnɛs]
The verdict
“Romanes” is uncommon German (frequency #86,994 among 42,116 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #86,994
- frequency rank, German
- 42,116
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - stark dialektal zerklüftete indoarische Sprache der europäischen Roma mit Interferenzen aus den jeweiligen Kontaktsprachen (insbesondere dem Griechischen)
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Romanes |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ʁomaˈnɛs] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #86,994 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Romanes” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Romanes is uncommon German at frequency #86,994 among 42,116 “R” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ʁomaˈnɛs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "stark dialektal zerklüftete indoarische Sprache der europäischen Roma mit Interferenzen aus den jeweiligen Kontaktsprachen (insbesondere dem Griechischen)".
Romanes has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Romanes, spelled R-O-M-A-N-E-S.
Definition
- 1stark dialektal zerklüftete indoarische Sprache der europäischen Roma mit Interferenzen aus den jeweiligen Kontaktsprachen (insbesondere dem Griechischen)
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “Romanes”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is R-O-M-A-N-E-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ʁomaˈnɛs] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.