norma
noun
norma is spelled N-O-R-M-A: 5 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 2.1 times per million words in written English, the 18,811th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data, counting Norma, the name). As a noun, norma means “A norm” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of norma is normas.
How many letters and syllables are in norma?
| Letters | 5: N-O-R-M-A |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 2.1 times per million words; the 18,811th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is norma?
Norma appears 2.1 times per million words in written English, the 18,811th most frequent word form in the list. The list counts every capitalisation together, so this includes Norma, the name.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce norma?
Norma has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What rhymes with norma?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as norma.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: roman, manor, moran, maron, morna.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of norma
- normas plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does norma mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A norm.
- 2
A template.
- 3
A square for measuring right angles.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does norma come from?
Borrowed from Latin norma. Doublet of norm.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).