# romaine

> English word · Noun · IPA /ɹoʊˈmeɪn/ · frequency rank #45,056

## Definitions
1. Ellipsis of romaine lettuce (“a type of lettuce having long crisp leaves forming a slender head”).
2. Ellipsis of crepe romaine (“a type of semi-sheer fabric”).

## Etymology
Ellipsis of romaine lettuce, from French laitue romaine, and direct borrowing of French romaine, from its supposed association with Rome.

## Easily confused with
- **roman** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/romaine-vs-roman)
- **Romans** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/romaine-vs-romans)
- **romano** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/romaine-vs-romano)
- **Romani** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/romaine-vs-romani)
- **routine** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/romaine-vs-routine)
- **romance** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/romaine-vs-romance)
- **remain** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/remain-vs-romaine)
- **remains** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/remains-vs-romaine)
- **remained** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/remained-vs-romaine)

## Common misspellings (9)
`ormaine`, `rmoaine`, `roamine`, `romaien`, `romainne`, `romanie`, `romiane`, `rommaine`, `rromaine`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/romaine