rond
\ʁɔ̃\
The verdict
“rond” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #4,096. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #4,096
- frequency rank, French
- 5,742
- “R” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - De forme circulaire.
Corpus desk
Index FR-rond · rond · French
rond · rank #4,096 · 6 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #4,096
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,742
- PHOTO-FINISH relever
Nearest frequency peer: relever (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “rond”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- prévoit
prévoit
95,908 corpus weight
- relais
relais
95,907 corpus weight
- relever
relever
95,906 corpus weight
- rond
rond
95,905 corpus weight
- ronde
ronde
95,904 corpus weight
- références
références
95,903 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “rond” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | rond |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ʁɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #4,096 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Où “rond” se place dans la fréquence du français
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around rond (IPA \ʁɔ̃\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #4,096 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 9 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for rond, with forms such as "ornd", "rnod", and "rodn". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "roy", "run", "row", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is rond, spelled R-O-N-D.
Definition
- 1De forme circulaire.
- 2Qui est cylindrique.
- 3De forme sphérique.
- 4Qualifie un dos humain voûté.
- 5Légèrement gros, en parlant d’une personne.
- 6Plein, sans aspérité.
- 7Sans fraction ; arrondi à une unité, une dizaine, une centaine, un millier.
- 8Important en parlant d’argent ou de biens.
- 9Ivre ; éméché.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how rond appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le soir est venu. Il se lève une grande lune ronde, un grand plateau d’étain que doivent considérer avec amour, en ce moment, l’artilleur à barbe noire et le ténor.
Geneviève-Louise naquit le 28 juin 1898. C’était une belle petite fille potelé, au joli visage rond, au crâne recouvert d’un fin duvet blond qui, peu à peu, se transforma en boucles dorées.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ornd
- rnod
- rodn
- rondd
- ronnd
- rrond
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of rond - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "rond", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "rond". Here's where to go from here.
- "rond" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "roy". View pair
- 6 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #4,096 among French headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more French words in the "R" letter cohort. R–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.