rom
[ˈrõm]
The verdict
“rom” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #16,208 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #16,208
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 3
- letters
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Perteneciente o relativo a un pueblo nómada que habita hoy en Europa, Asia occidental y Latinoamérica.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | rom |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈrõm] |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #16,208 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “rom” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for rom is 3 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈrõm]. Corpus data places it at rank #16,208 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for rom, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "rr", "ru", "Rx", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is rom, spelled R-O-M.
Definition
- 1Perteneciente o relativo a un pueblo nómada que habita hoy en Europa, Asia occidental y Latinoamérica.
- 2Hombre de etnia rom, casado con respecto a una esposa, su romní.^([cita requerida])
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 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “rom”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is R-O-M - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈrõm] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “rr” - see the side-by-side comparison. rom vs rr
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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.