# rotunda

> English word · Noun · IPA /ɹə(ʊ)ˈtʌndə/ · frequency rank #38,139

## Definitions
1. A round building, usually small, often with a dome.
2. A Gothic typeface used in early printed books in Northern Italy, based on a rounded script developed in the 13th cent.; the manuscript hand on which this typeface was based.
3. Alternative spelling of rotonda.
4. A form of cupola that has pentagons rather than squares or rectangles.

## Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin rotunda, from rotundus (“round”). In the architectural sense, from Sancta Maria Rotunda (the name for a church in the Pantheon).

## Easily confused with
- **round** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rotunda-vs-round)
- **Rounds** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rotunda-vs-rounds)
- **Ronda** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ronda-vs-rotunda)

## Common misspellings (10)
`ortunda`, `rotnuda`, `rottunda`, `rotudna`, `rotunad`, `rotundda`, `rotunnda`, `routnda`, `rrotunda`, `rtounda`

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