rund

/[ʁʊnt]/ adj

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#460

in German word usage

Misspellings

6

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

rund is anGermanadj. It means: kreisförmig (eben) Pronounced [ʁʊnt]. It ranks #460 in German word frequency. Often confused with Rus and Ruth.

Key facts for rund
PropertyValue
Headwordrund
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdj
IPA[ʁʊnt]
Letters4
Frequency rank#460
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for rund is 4 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ʁʊnt]. Corpus data places it at rank #460 in overall German word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 6 documented wrong-spelling variants for rund, with forms such as "rnud", "rrund", and "rudn". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Rus", "Ruth", "Rute", 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 rund, spelled R-U-N-D, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    kreisförmig (eben)
  2. 2
    kugelförmig (räumlich), ohne Ecken
  3. 3
    mit zu viel Körperfülle gesegnet
  4. 4
    störungsfrei, ohne anzuecken, ohne Fehler laufend
  5. 5
    aufgerundet/abgerundet, auf Null endend
  6. 6
    perfekt gelungen

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: rnud,rrund,rudn,rundd,runnd,urnd

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for rund

Misspelling Variants of "rund"

rnud4rrund5rudn4rundd5runnd5urnd4
Misspelling Variants of "rund"

Frequency rank: #460 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "rund"?
"rund" is spelled R-U-N-D. The IPA pronunciation is [ʁʊnt].
What does "rund" mean?
As an adj, "rund" means: kreisförmig (eben)
What words are commonly confused with "rund"?
"rund" is commonly confused with "Rus", "Ruth", "Rute". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "rund"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "rund" is [ʁʊnt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "rund" come from?
"rund" 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.