Romans

/[ʁoˈmaːns]/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#11,319

in German word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

11

similar word pairs

Romans is aGermannoun. It means: Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Roman Pronounced [ʁoˈmaːns]. Often confused with ROMs and Royals.

Key facts for Romans
PropertyValue
HeadwordRomans
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ʁoˈmaːns]
Letters6
Frequency rank#11,319
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs11
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Romans in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Romans is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ʁoˈmaːns]. Corpus data places it at rank #11,319 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Roman".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for Romans, with forms such as "ormans", "rmoans", and "roamns". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 11 confusable-pair relationships, "ROMs", "Royals", "Rumäne", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Romans, spelled R-O-M-A-N-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Roman

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ormans,rmoans,roamns,romanns,romanss,romasn,rommans,romnas,rromans

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Romans

Misspelling Variants of "Romans"

ormans6rmoans6roamns6romanns7romanss7romasn6rommans7romnas6
Misspelling Variants of "Romans"

Frequency rank: #11,319 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Romans"?
"Romans" is spelled R-O-M-A-N-S. The IPA pronunciation is [ʁoˈmaːns].
What does "Romans" mean?
As a noun, "Romans" means: Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Roman
What words are commonly confused with "Romans"?
"Romans" is commonly confused with "ROMs", "Royals", "Rumäne". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Romans"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Romans" is [ʁoˈmaːns]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Romans" come from?
"Romans" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby German words

Other entries that begin with the letter R in our German index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.