Romulan
/ˈrɒmjʊlən/
"romulan" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Romulan” is uncommon English (frequency #57,686 among 3,094 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #57,686
- frequency rank, English
- 3,094
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A member of a fictional alien race, described as being cunning and opportunistic.
Corpus desk
Index EN-romulan · Romulan · English
Romulan · rank #57,686 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #57,686
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,094
- PHOTO-FINISH Rowntree
Nearest frequency peer: Rowntree (+2 rank slots)
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.
Long-tail ranks near “Romulan”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- ripoff
ripoff
42,321 corpus weight
- risqué
risqué
42,318 corpus weight
- Romulan
Romulan
42,315 corpus weight
- Rowntree
Rowntree
42,313 corpus weight
- Ruthie
Ruthie
42,310 corpus weight
- sacrilegious
sacrilegious
42,309 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Romulan” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Romulan |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈrɒmjʊlən/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #57,686 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Romulan” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Romulan is uncommon English at frequency #57,686 among 3,094 “R” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈrɒmjʊlən/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A member of a fictional alien race, described as being cunning and opportunistic.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Romulan in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Romulus + -an. From the Star Trek franchise, in which they are described as being from the planet Romulus, drawing inspiration from the Roman origin story of Romulus and Remus. The correct English form is Romulan, spelled R-O-M-U-L-A-N.
Definition
- 1A member of a fictional alien race, described as being cunning and opportunistic.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Romulan appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
"Some sort of Romulan game," Riker said thoughtfully. "Trying to make us guess what they're up to."
"He looks like a Romulan." Suddenly, her attention is focused on him and she calls across the street, "Hey, monkey Romulan, sort it out!"
Etymology
From Romulus + -an. From the Star Trek franchise, in which they are described as being from the planet Romulus, drawing inspiration from the Roman origin story of Romulus and Remus.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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