# rondo

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈɹɒn.dəʊ/ · frequency rank #27,998

## Definitions
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. A gambling game played with small balls on a table.

## Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from Italian rondò, itself an unadapted borrowing of French rondeau. Doublet of rondeau; see there for further etymology.

## Easily confused with
- **roo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rondo-vs-roo)
- **Rong** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rondo-vs-rong)
- **rood** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rondo-vs-rood)
- **round** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rondo-vs-round)
- **rowdy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rondo-vs-rowdy)
- **Ronny** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rondo-vs-ronny)
- **Rosso** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rondo-vs-rosso)
- **ronin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rondo-vs-ronin)
- **Rounds** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rondo-vs-rounds)
- **ronson** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rondo-vs-ronson)
- **Ron** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ron-vs-rondo)
- **rod** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rod-vs-rondo)
- **road** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/road-vs-rondo)
- **rode** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rode-vs-rondo)
- **rand** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rand-vs-rondo)
- **rods** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rods-vs-rondo)
- **reno** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reno-vs-rondo)
- **redo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/redo-vs-rondo)
- **Romo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/romo-vs-rondo)
- **Rojo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rojo-vs-rondo)

## Common misspellings (7)
`orndo`, `rnodo`, `rodno`, `ronddo`, `ronndo`, `ronod`, `rrondo`

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