romanée

\ʁɔ.ma.ne\

/\ʁɔ.ma.ne\/ noun

The verdict

“romanée” is uncommon French (frequency #75,168 among 5,742 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#75,168
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Vin de bourgogne, grand cru issu de l’arrondissement de Beaune.

Corpus desk

Index FR-romanee · romanée · French

romanée · rank #75,168 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #75,168
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH robine

Nearest frequency peer: robine (-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 « romanée »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « romanée » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for romanée
PropertyValue
Headwordromanée
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʁɔ.ma.ne\
Letters7
Frequency rank#75,168
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « romanée » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).romanéetombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « robine » (#75,167), « Roannais » (#75,166), « roa » (#75,165). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « romanée » est au #75,168. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

romanée is uncommon French at frequency #75,168 among 5,742 “R” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʁɔ.ma.ne\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Vin de bourgogne, grand cru issu de l’arrondissement de Beaune.".

No misspelling variants are generated for romanée in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is romanée, spelled R-O-M-A-N-É-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Vin de bourgogne, grand cru issu de l’arrondissement de Beaune.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Après un coup de romanée, la douche ayant calmé mes sens, j’ai maudit ma muse obstinée à railler les hommes puissants.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "romanée"?
"romanée" is spelled R-O-M-A-N-É-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁɔ.ma.ne\.
What does "romanée" mean?
As a noun, "romanée" means: Vin de bourgogne, grand cru issu de l’arrondissement de Beaune.
How do you pronounce "romanée"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "romanée" is \ʁɔ.ma.ne\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list