aroma
/əˈɹəʊ.mə/
"aroma" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“aroma” has 6 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #21,442. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #21,442
- frequency rank, English
- 3,931
- “A” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A smell; especially a pleasant spicy or fragrant one.
Corpus desk
Index EN-aroma · aroma · English
aroma · rank #21,442 · 6 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #21,442
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,931
- PHOTO-FINISH aristocratic
Nearest frequency peer: aristocratic (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “aroma”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- Annapolis
Annapolis
78,563 corpus weight
- annum
annum
78,562 corpus weight
- appreciating
appreciating
78,561 corpus weight
- aristocratic
aristocratic
78,560 corpus weight
- aroma
aroma
78,559 corpus weight
- arsenic
arsenic
78,558 corpus weight
What this shows “aroma” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
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 | aroma |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /əˈɹəʊ.mə/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #21,442 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “aroma”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around aroma (IPA /əˈɹəʊ.mə/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #21,442 among 3,931 “A” headwords. Dominant gloss: "A smell; especially a pleasant spicy or fragrant one.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for aroma, with forms such as "aorma", "armoa", and "aroam". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "atom", "Arya", "Aron", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Late Latin arōmata (“spices”) (or arōma (“spice”)), from Ancient Greek ἄρωμα (árōma, “seasoning, spicy and/or fragrant smell”). The correct English form is aroma, spelled A-R-O-M-A.
Definition
- 1A smell; especially a pleasant spicy or fragrant one.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how aroma appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
I love the aroma of cinnamon.
David Mason, Beverage and Bar Manager at St. Regis, describes the complex aromas and layered palate of the cognac thus: “It’s kind of autumn flavors. Really nutty, almondy – kind of fig, plum, dried fruits. But it finishes off really smoothly but with a little bit of tobacco leaf.”
Etymology
From Late Latin arōmata (“spices”) (or arōma (“spice”)), from Ancient Greek ἄρωμα (árōma, “seasoning, spicy and/or fragrant smell”).
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- aorma
- armoa
- aroam
- aromma
- arroma
- raoma
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of aroma - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).