astrobleme
/ˈæs.tɹəʊ.bliːm/
"astrobleme" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“astrobleme” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A pit-like structure created by an impacting meteoroid, asteroid or comet.
Corpus desk
Index EN-astrobleme · astrobleme · English
astrobleme · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | astrobleme |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈæs.tɹəʊ.bliːm/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “astrobleme” in English
Rare enough to double-check
astrobleme is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈæs.tɹəʊ.bliːm/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A pit-like structure created by an impacting meteoroid, asteroid or comet.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for astrobleme in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: 1963, from astro- + Ancient Greek βλῆμα (blêma, “wound from a missile”) The correct English form is astrobleme, spelled A-S-T-R-O-B-L-E-M-E.
Definition
- 1A pit-like structure created by an impacting meteoroid, asteroid or comet.
Etymology
1963, from astro- + Ancient Greek βλῆμα (blêma, “wound from a missile”)
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.