rollmop
"rollmop" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“rollmop” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A fillet of herring, rolled and flavoured with sliced onion and spices then pickled in brine.
Corpus desk
Index EN-rollmop · rollmop · English
rollmop · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "R" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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 | rollmop |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “rollmop” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
rollmop is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A fillet of herring, rolled and flavoured with sliced onion and spices then pickled in brine.".
Zero misspellings are on record for rollmop in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: Back-formation from the plural rollmops, from the German singular Rollmops. The correct English form is rollmop, spelled R-O-L-L-M-O-P.
Definition
- 1A fillet of herring, rolled and flavoured with sliced onion and spices then pickled in brine.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how rollmop appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
At lunch the excellent cold borscht could lead up to the herring sampler featuring rollmops, Swedish matjes and pickled herring, which has immediately joined the small list of dishes whose flavor helps define New York.
Etymology
Back-formation from the plural rollmops, from the German singular Rollmops.
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.
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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.