rotonde

/\ʁɔ.tɔ̃d\/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#37,046

in French word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

3

similar word pairs

rotonde is aFrenchnoun. It means: Édifice de forme circulaire à l’extérieur comme à l’intérieur, et surmonté d’une coupole. Pronounced \ʁɔ.tɔ̃d\. Often confused with ronde and réponde.

Key facts for rotonde
PropertyValue
Headwordrotonde
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʁɔ.tɔ̃d\
Letters7
Frequency rank#37,046
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of rotonde in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for rotonde is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ʁɔ.tɔ̃d\. Corpus data places it at rank #37,046 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for rotonde, with forms such as "ortonde", "rootnde", and "rotnode". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "ronde", "réponde", "romande", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is rotonde, spelled R-O-T-O-N-D-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Édifice de forme circulaire à l’extérieur comme à l’intérieur, et surmonté d’une coupole.
  2. 2
    Édifice de forme circulaire ou demi-circulaire, dans lequel on gare les locomotives sur des voies disposées en éventail.
  3. 3
    Compartiment arrière de certaines diligences.
  4. 4
    Sorte de collet parfois empesé que portaient les ecclésiastiques ou les militaires.
  5. 5
    Châle.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ortonde,rootnde,rotnode,rotodne,rotondde,rotoned,rotonnde,rottonde,rrotonde,rtoonde

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for rotonde

Misspelling Variants of "rotonde"

ortonde7rootnde7rotnode7rotodne7rotondde8rotoned7rotonnde8rottonde8
Misspelling Variants of "rotonde"

Frequency rank: #37,046 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "rotonde"?
"rotonde" is spelled R-O-T-O-N-D-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁɔ.tɔ̃d\.
What does "rotonde" mean?
As a noun, "rotonde" means: Édifice de forme circulaire à l’extérieur comme à l’intérieur, et surmonté d’une coupole.
What words are commonly confused with "rotonde"?
"rotonde" is commonly confused with "ronde", "réponde", "romande". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "rotonde"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "rotonde" is \ʁɔ.tɔ̃d\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "rotonde" come from?
"rotonde" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.