# norm

> English word · Noun · IPA /nɔːm/ · frequency rank #7,948

## Definitions
1. That which is normal or typical.
2. A rule that is imposed by regulations and/or socially enforced by members of a community.
3. A sentence with non-descriptive meaning, such as a command, permission, or prohibition.
4. A function which satisfies a particular set of formal conditions, created to generalize the notion of the length of a vector. Formally, a real-valued function on a vector space, generally denoted v↦|v| or v↦‖v‖, that satisfies the following properties:
5. A function which satisfies a particular set of formal conditions, created to generalize the notion of the length of a vector. Formally, a real-valued function on a vector space, generally denoted v↦|v| or v↦‖v‖, that satisfies the following properties:
6. A function which satisfies a particular set of formal conditions, created to generalize the notion of the length of a vector. Formally, a real-valued function on a vector space, generally denoted v↦|v| or v↦‖v‖, that satisfies the following properties:
7. Any of several generalizations of the above: a field norm, ideal norm, etc.
8. Any of several generalizations of the above: a field norm, ideal norm, etc.
9. A high level of performance in a chess tournament, several of which are required for a player to receive a title.

## Etymology
From Latin norma (“a carpenter's square, a rule, a pattern, a precept”). Doublet of norma.

## Easily confused with
- **nr** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/norm-vs-nr)
- **not** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/norm-vs-not)
- **now** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/norm-vs-now)
- **nov** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/norm-vs-nov)
- **nos** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/norm-vs-nos)
- **NPR** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/norm-vs-npr)
- **NRA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/norm-vs-nra)
- **NRC** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/norm-vs-nrc)
- **nox** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/norm-vs-nox)
- **Nur** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/norm-vs-nur)
- **NRG** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/norm-vs-nrg)
- **note** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/norm-vs-note)
- **nose** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/norm-vs-nose)
- **nova** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/norm-vs-nova)
- **noun** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/norm-vs-noun)
- **nous** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/norm-vs-nous)
- **nosy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/norm-vs-nosy)
- **novi** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/norm-vs-novi)
- **north** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/norm-vs-north)
- **Norma** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/norm-vs-norma)

## Common misspellings (6)
`nnorm`, `nomr`, `normm`, `norrm`, `nrom`, `onrm`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/norm