romance

/Ru.ˈmɐ̃.sɨ/

//Ru.ˈmɐ̃.sɨ// adj

The verdict

“romance” has 10 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #2,597. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#2,597
frequency rank, Portuguese
963
“R” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - o mesmo que românico

Corpus desk

Index PT-romance · romance · Portuguese

romance · rank #2,597 · 10 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-COMMON #2,597
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 963
  • PHOTO-FINISH samba

Nearest frequency peer: samba (+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.

Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “romance”

Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho

corpus weight

What this shows “romance” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.

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).

romance vs relance
71% similar

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

Key facts for romance
PropertyValue
Headwordromance
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdjective
IPA/Ru.ˈmɐ̃.sɨ/
Letters7
Frequency rank#2,597
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “romance”

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).romancecai aqui:

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

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “samba” (#2,598), “semelhante” (#2,599), “regra” (#2,594). Entre 963 lemas com “R”, “romance” fica em #2,597. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around romance (IPA /Ru.ˈmɐ̃.sɨ/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #2,597 among 963 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for romance, with forms such as "ormance", "rmoance", and "roamnce". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "relance", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is romance, spelled R-O-M-A-N-C-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    o mesmo que românico
  2. 2
    relativo à poesia trovadoresca provençal

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ormance
  • rmoance
  • roamnce
  • romacne
  • romancce
  • romanec
  • romannce
  • rommance
  • romnace
  • rromance

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ormance2rmoance2roamnce2romacne2romancce1romanec2romannce1rommance1
Edit distance from "romance"

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 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "romance"?
"romance" is spelled R-O-M-A-N-C-E. The IPA pronunciation is /Ru.ˈmɐ̃.sɨ/.
What does "romance" mean?
As an adjective, "romance" means: o mesmo que românico
What words are commonly confused with "romance"?
"romance" is commonly confused with "relance". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "romance"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "romance" is /Ru.ˈmɐ̃.sɨ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "romance" come from?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Similar misspelling depth

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list