Rondell

[ʁɔnˈdɛl]

/[ʁɔnˈdɛl]/ noun

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The verdict

“Rondell” is uncommon German (frequency #75,011 among 2,984 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#75,011
frequency rank, German
2,984
“R” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - runder, starker Festungsturm

Corpus desk

Index DE-rondell · Rondell · German

Rondell · rank #75,011 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #75,011
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,984
  • PHOTO-FINISH Rollout

Nearest frequency peer: Rollout (-2 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Rondell“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Rondell“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Rondell
PropertyValue
HeadwordRondell
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ʁɔnˈdɛl]
Letters7
Frequency rank#75,011
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Rondell“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Rondellfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Rollout“ (#75,009), „Rittersaal“ (#75,006), „rustikalen“ (#75,016). Unter 2,984 „R“-Lemmata liegt „Rondell“ bei #75,011. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Rondell is uncommon German at frequency #75,011 among 2,984 “R” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ʁɔnˈdɛl]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

Zero misspellings are on record for Rondell in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Rondell, spelled R-O-N-D-E-L-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    runder, starker Festungsturm
  2. 2
    halbkreisförmiges Erdwerk an den Festungsecken, aus dem sich die Bastion entwickelte
  3. 3
    Rundbau oder auch runder Platz
  4. 4
    kreisförmige Gartenanlage wie z.B. ein Zierbeet

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Rondell appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „Die Admiralstraße, die am Rondell des Kottbuser Tores beginnt, trifft im Südwesten auf den Landwehrkanal; […]“
  2. „Sie schoben ihre Fahrräder um das Rondell herum und gingen hinüber zum Marktplatz.“

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Rondell"?
"Rondell" is spelled R-O-N-D-E-L-L. The IPA pronunciation is [ʁɔnˈdɛl].
What does "Rondell" mean?
As a noun, "Rondell" means: runder, starker Festungsturm
How do you pronounce "Rondell"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Rondell" is [ʁɔnˈdɛl]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Rondell" come from?
"Rondell" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Rondell", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Rollout#75,009scherzo#75,026Schrems#75,032Quitten#74,980

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list