Rolande
\ʁɔ.lɑ̃d\
The verdict
“Rolande” is uncommon French (frequency #72,697 among 5,742 “R” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #72,697
- frequency rank, French
- 5,742
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Prénom féminin.
Corpus desk
Index FR-rolande · Rolande · French
Rolande · rank #72,697 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #72,697
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,742
- PHOTO-FINISH romantic
Nearest frequency peer: romantic (+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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « Rolande »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- roads
roads
27,307 corpus weight
- robusta
robusta
27,306 corpus weight
- Rolande
Rolande
27,304 corpus weight
- romantic
romantic
27,303 corpus weight
- ronronner
ronronner
27,302 corpus weight
- Rosalind
Rosalind
27,301 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Rolande » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Rolande |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \ʁɔ.lɑ̃d\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #72,697 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Rolande » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Rolande is uncommon French at frequency #72,697 among 5,742 “R” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \ʁɔ.lɑ̃d\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Prénom féminin.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Rolande, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is Rolande, spelled R-O-L-A-N-D-E.
Definition
- 1Prénom féminin.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Rolande appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Même les enfants s’y mettent, on leur sort une petite planche à découper, Mateo et Lysandre ont pour mission de trancher les concombres et de parer (« ça veut dire enlever les feuilles », explique Rolande) les rapinis, […].
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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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