roundish
"roundish" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“roundish” is uncommon English (frequency #89,847 among 21,470 “R” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #89,847
- frequency rank, English
- 21,470
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Somewhat round.
Corpus desk
Index EN-roundish · roundish · English
roundish · rank #89,847 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #89,847
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 21,470
- PHOTO-FINISH Rowse
Nearest frequency peer: Rowse (+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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “roundish”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
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rimfire
10,161 corpus weight
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roadwork
10,159 corpus weight
- roids
roids
10,158 corpus weight
- roundish
roundish
10,154 corpus weight
- Rowse
Rowse
10,153 corpus weight
- ruggedly
ruggedly
10,150 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “roundish” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | roundish |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #89,847 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “roundish” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
roundish is uncommon English at frequency #89,847 among 21,470 “R” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Somewhat round.".
Zero misspellings are on record for roundish in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: From round + -ish. The correct English form is roundish, spelled R-O-U-N-D-I-S-H.
Definition
- 1Somewhat round.
Etymology
From round + -ish.
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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.