rondo
/ˈɹɒn.dəʊ/noun
rondo is spelled R-O-N-D-O: 5 letters. It appears 1.1 times per million words in written English, the 27,820th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, rondo means “A musical composition, commonly of a lively, cheerful character, in which the first strain recurs after each of the other strains” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of rondo is rondos.
How many letters and syllables are in rondo?
| Letters | 5: R-O-N-D-O |
|---|---|
| In writing | 1.1 times per million words; the 27,820th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Sounds like | |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is rondo?
Rondo appears 1.1 times per million words in written English, the 27,820th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce rondo?
- /ˈɹɒn.dəʊ/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-rondo.wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Wodencafe-rondo.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with rondo
Sounds like: rondeau (Wiktionary's homophone list; some hold only in some accents).
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with rondo?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as rondo.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: donor.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of rondo
- rondos plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does rondo mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A musical composition, commonly of a lively, cheerful character, in which the first strain recurs after each of the other strains.
- 2
A small, disk-shaped piece of food, especially a single-serving dessert or small piece of candy.
- 3
A dark-skinned grape, a hybrid of Vitis vinifera with Vitis amurensis and others.
- 4
A game resembling keep-away, used to train soccer players: one group is tasked with completing a number of passes while the other smaller group tries to take possession of the ball.
- 5
obsoleteA gambling game played with small balls on a table.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Rondo in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Spanish | rondó , rondo |
| French | rondo |
| German | Rondo |
| Portuguese | bobinho, roda de bobinho, rodinha de bobo |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does rondo come from?
Unadapted borrowing from Italian rondò, itself an unadapted borrowing of French rondeau. Doublet of rondeau; see there for further etymology.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).