# roundup

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #19,964

## Definitions
1. An activity in which cattle are herded together in order to be inspected, counted, branded or shipped.
2. The similar police activity of gathering together suspects.
3. The forcible gathering together of any particular group of people.
4. The summary to a news bulletin.
5. An upward curvature or convexity, as in the deck of a vessel.
6. The finishing of an arrangement.

## Etymology
Deverbal from round up.

## Easily confused with
- **round** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/round-vs-roundup)
- **Rounds** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rounds-vs-roundup)
- **rounded** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rounded-vs-roundup)
- **rounder** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rounder-vs-roundup)
- **roundly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/roundly-vs-roundup)

## Common misspellings (10)
`orundup`, `ronudup`, `roudnup`, `rounddup`, `roundpu`, `roundupp`, `rounndup`, `rounudp`, `rroundup`, `ruondup`

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