# Romani

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈɹɒ.mə.ni/ · frequency rank #43,351

## Definitions
1. A member of the Roma, a nomadic people with origins in India.
2. A member of a people originating in Pakistan or Northwest India and traditionally having an itinerant way of life, living widely dispersed across Europe and North and South America and speaking a language that is related to Hindi.

## Etymology
From Romani romani, feminine form of romano (“of or pertaining to the Roma”), from rom (“man”). See also Roma.
Not related to Romanian, Roman or Rome.

## Easily confused with
- **rowan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/romani-vs-rowan)
- **Ronan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/romani-vs-ronan)
- **Romans** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/romani-vs-romans)
- **romano** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/romani-vs-romano)
- **Romania** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/romani-vs-romania)
- **romantic** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/romani-vs-romantic)
- **Romanian** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/romani-vs-romanian)
- **Roma** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/roma-vs-romani)
- **rani** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rani-vs-romani)
- **Roan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/roan-vs-romani)
- **roman** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/roman-vs-romani)
- **Rohan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rohan-vs-romani)
- **Rogan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rogan-vs-romani)
- **Roland** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/roland-vs-romani)
- **rodman** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rodman-vs-romani)
- **remand** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/remand-vs-romani)
- **romance** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/romance-vs-romani)
- **romaine** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/romaine-vs-romani)

## Common misspellings (8)
`ormani`, `rmoani`, `roamni`, `romain`, `romanni`, `rommani`, `romnai`, `rromani`

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