round dance
"round-dance" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“round dance” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A dance for couples with a whirling or revolving motion, such as the waltz or polka.
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Index EN-round-dance · round dance · English
round dance · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 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 | round dance |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “round dance” in English
Rare enough to double-check
round dance is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for round dance in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct English form is round dance, spelled R-O-U-N-D- -D-A-N-C-E.
Definition
- 1A dance for couples with a whirling or revolving motion, such as the waltz or polka.
- 2A repetitive, circular movement made by a foraging honey bee in process of communicating to other workers that it has located a significant and nearby food source.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how round dance appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The round dance is never performed on a comb on which there are none or only a few bees, but it always takes place in the midst of a dense throng.
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.