Romulus
/ˈrɒmjʊləs/
"romulus" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Romulus” has 10 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #42,389. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #42,389
- frequency rank, English
- 3,094
- “R” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The legendary founder of Rome and the twin brother of Remus.
Corpus desk
Index EN-romulus · Romulus · English
Romulus · rank #42,389 · 10 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #42,389
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,094
- PHOTO-FINISH roadhouse
Nearest frequency peer: roadhouse (-3 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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “Romulus”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- rivet
rivet
57,617 corpus weight
- Roa
Roa
57,616 corpus weight
- roadhouse
roadhouse
57,615 corpus weight
- Romulus
Romulus
57,612 corpus weight
- ruinous
ruinous
57,608 corpus weight
- Sadat
Sadat
57,607 corpus weight
What this shows “Romulus” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Romulus |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈrɒmjʊləs/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #42,389 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “Romulus”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around Romulus (IPA /ˈrɒmjʊləs/), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #42,389 among 3,094 “R” headwords. Dominant gloss: "The legendary founder of Rome and the twin brother of Remus.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for Romulus, with forms such as "ormulus", "rmoulus", and "romluus". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: Learned borrowing from Latin Rōmulus. The correct English form is Romulus, spelled R-O-M-U-L-U-S.
Definition
- 1The legendary founder of Rome and the twin brother of Remus.
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin Rōmulus.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ormulus
- rmoulus
- romluus
- rommulus
- romullus
- romulsu
- romuluss
- romuuls
- roumlus
- rromulus
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Romulus - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
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