romance

[roˈmãnse]

/[roˈmãnse]/ adj

The verdict

“romance” has 11 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #6,455. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#6,455
frequency rank, Spanish
4,151
“R” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
10
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Se dice de las lenguas que se desarrollaron durante la Edad Media a partir del latín hablado en varias zonas que fueron parte del imperio romano, como las actuales España, Francia, Italia, Portugal...

Corpus desk

Index ES-romance · romance · Spanish

romance · rank #6,455 · 11 variants · 10 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #6,455
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 10 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,151
  • PHOTO-FINISH rollo

Nearest frequency peer: rollo (-1 rank slots)

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.

Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “romance”

Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino

corpus weight

What this shows “romance” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

romance vs romano
71% similar
romance vs romaní
71% similar
romance vs romanos
71% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for romance
PropertyValue
Headwordromance
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[roˈmãnse]
Letters7
Frequency rank#6,455
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs10
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “romance”

La frecuencia va del puñado de palabras que usamos sin parar (izquierda) a la cola larga que apenas aparece (derecha).romancecae aquí:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

La escala es logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× más rara). En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “rollo” (#6,454), “rehabilitación” (#6,453), “ruinas” (#6,457). Entre 4,151 lemas con “R”, “romance” va en #6,455. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around romance (IPA [roˈmãnse]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #6,455 among 4,151 “R” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Se dice de las lenguas que se desarrollaron durante la Edad Media a partir del latín hablado en varias zonas que fueron parte del imperio romano, como las actuales España, Francia, Italia, Portugal...".

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for romance, with forms such as "ormance", "rmoance", and "roamnce". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 10 confusable-pair relationships, "romano", "romaní", "romanos", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is romance, spelled R-O-M-A-N-C-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Se dice de las lenguas que se desarrollaron durante la Edad Media a partir del latín hablado en varias zonas que fueron parte del imperio romano, como las actuales España, Francia, Italia, Portugal y Rumania.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how romance appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Por esto lo llaman el Valadro de Merlín en romance".
  2. Por ejemplo, no es tarea del otro mundo traducir entre lenguas de una misma familia y dentro de la misma época. Éste es el caso de la traducción de obras contemporáneas de una lengua romance a otra lengua romance.

Synonyms

neolatinorománico

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ormance
  • rmoance
  • roamnce
  • romacne
  • romancce
  • romanec
  • romannce
  • romanse
  • rommance
  • romnace
  • rromance

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of romance - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

ormance2rmoance2roamnce2romacne2romancce1romanec2romannce1romanse1
Edit distance from "romance"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "romance"?
"romance" is spelled R-O-M-A-N-C-E. The IPA pronunciation is [roˈmãnse].
What does "romance" mean?
As an adjective, "romance" means: Se dice de las lenguas que se desarrollaron durante la Edad Media a partir del latín hablado en varias zonas que fueron parte del imperio romano, como las actuales España, Francia, Italia, Portugal...
What words are commonly confused with "romance"?
"romance" is commonly confused with "romano", "romaní", "romanos". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "romance"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "romance" is [roˈmãnse]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "romance" come from?
"romance" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "romance", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list