rodomontade
/ˌɹɒ.də.mɒnˈtɑːd/
"rodomontade" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“rodomontade” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Vain boasting; a rant; pretentious behaviour.
Corpus desk
Index EN-rodomontade · rodomontade · English
rodomontade · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "R" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | rodomontade |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˌɹɒ.də.mɒnˈtɑːd/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “rodomontade” in English
Rare enough to double-check
rodomontade is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˌɹɒ.də.mɒnˈtɑːd/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Vain boasting; a rant; pretentious behaviour.".
Zero misspellings are on record for rodomontade in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From French rodomontade, a reference to Rodomonte, a boastful character in the Italian Renaissance epic poems Orlando innamorato (1483) and its sequel Orlando furioso (1506–1532). Doublet of rodomontado. The correct English form is rodomontade, spelled R-O-D-O-M-O-N-T-A-D-E.
Definition
- 1Vain boasting; a rant; pretentious behaviour.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how rodomontade appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
[…] the Gasconads of France, Rodomontads of Spain, Fanfaronads of Italy, and Bragadochio brags of all other countries, could no more astonish his invincible heart, then would the cheeping of a mouse a bear robbed of her whelps.
Indeed, there is much Reaſon to imagine, that there was not the leaſt Truth in what Mr. Weſtern affirmed, eſpecially as he laid the Scene of thoſe Impurities at the Univerſity, where Mr. Allworthy had never been. In fact, the good Squire was a little too apt to indulge that Kind of Pleaſantry which is generally called Rodomontade; but which may, with as m…
Etymology
From French rodomontade, a reference to Rodomonte, a boastful character in the Italian Renaissance epic poems Orlando innamorato (1483) and its sequel Orlando furioso (1506–1532). Doublet of rodomontado.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.