Rosamond
"rosamond" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Rosamond” is uncommon English (frequency #77,159 among 3,094 “R” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #77,159
- frequency rank, English
- 3,094
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A female given name from the Germanic languages, variant of Rosamund.
Corpus desk
Index EN-rosamond · Rosamond · English
Rosamond · rank #77,159 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #77,159
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,094
- PHOTO-FINISH Rosalia
Nearest frequency peer: Rosalia (-1 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 “Rosamond”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- RNR
RNR
22,847 corpus weight
- roop
roop
22,844 corpus weight
- Rosalia
Rosalia
22,843 corpus weight
- Rosamond
Rosamond
22,842 corpus weight
- roselle
roselle
22,840 corpus weight
- roundness
roundness
22,839 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Rosamond” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Rosamond |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #77,159 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Rosamond” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Rosamond is uncommon English at frequency #77,159 among 3,094 “R” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Rosamond, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct English form is Rosamond, spelled R-O-S-A-M-O-N-D.
Definition
- 1A female given name from the Germanic languages, variant of Rosamund.
- 2A census-designated place in Kern County, California, United States.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Rosamond appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
"I am quite aware," she added, "that we shall be in a certain sense gambling with a conscipious, individualizing name, for she may grow up commonplace-looking or a fright; but we must take some chances in life, mustn't we, Fred?" "Either Rosamond, Eleanor, or Guendolen is appropriate for a beauty," said I, with non-committal subserviency,
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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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).