roulade
/ɹuːˈlɑːd/
"roulade" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“roulade” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - An elaborate embellishment of several notes sung to one syllable.
Corpus desk
Index EN-roulade · roulade · English
roulade · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "R" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | roulade |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ɹuːˈlɑːd/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “roulade” in English
Rare enough to double-check
roulade is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ɹuːˈlɑːd/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for roulade in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From French roulade, from rouler (“to roll”), from Old French roler. The correct English form is roulade, spelled R-O-U-L-A-D-E.
Definition
- 1An elaborate embellishment of several notes sung to one syllable.
- 2A slice of meat that is rolled up, stuffed, and cooked.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how roulade appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
He leaned back in his chair, and little more than the whites of his upturned eyes were visible; and beating time upon the table with one hand, claw-wise, and with two or three queer, little thrills and roulades, which re-appeared with great precision in each verse, he delivered himself thus, in what I suspect was an old psalm tune: […]
He heard only here and there the ecstatic burst of a mocking-bird's wonderful roulades.
Etymology
From French roulade, from rouler (“to roll”), from Old French roler.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.