rotonde

\ʁɔ.tɔ̃d\

/\ʁɔ.tɔ̃d\/ noun

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The verdict

“rotonde” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #37,046. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#37,046
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Édifice de forme circulaire à l’extérieur comme à l’intérieur, et surmonté d’une coupole.

Corpus desk

Index FR-rotonde · rotonde · French

rotonde · rank #37,046 · 10 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #37,046
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH rochette

Nearest frequency peer: rochette (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « rotonde »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « rotonde » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

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).

rotonde vs ronde
71% similar
rotonde vs réponde
71% similar
rotonde vs romande
71% similar

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

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)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « rotonde »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).rotondese place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « rochette » (#37,045), « Rouergue » (#37,047), « risotto » (#37,044). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « rotonde » est au #37,046. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around rotonde (IPA \ʁɔ.tɔ̃d\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #37,046 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for rotonde, with forms such as "ortonde", "rootnde", and "rotnode". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "ronde", "réponde", "romande", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is rotonde, spelled R-O-T-O-N-D-E.

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.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Un petit escalier en fonte grimpe en tournant dans l’intérieur de la Bavaria. J’eus la fantaisie de monter jusqu’en haut et de m’asseoir un moment dans la tête du colosse, un petit salon en rotonde éclairé par deux fenêtres qui sont les yeux.
  2. Vous ne l’ignorez pas, presque toutes nos cathédrales sont cruciformes ; dans la primitive Eglise, il est vrai, vous trouverez un certain nombre de sanctuaires bâtis en rotonde et coiffés d’un dôme ; […].

This word in other languages

rotunda(English)rotunda(Español)Rotunde(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ortonde
  • rootnde
  • rotnode
  • rotodne
  • rotondde
  • rotoned
  • rotonnde
  • rottonde
  • rrotonde
  • rtoonde

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ortonde2rootnde2rotnode2rotodne2rotondde1rotoned2rotonnde1rottonde1
Edit distance from "rotonde"

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 "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?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

risotto#37,044Régnier#37,053rendrez#37,036saturer#37,060

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

rochette10 variantsRouergue10 variantsPérouse10 variantsprotons10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list