Ostrom
"ostrom" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Ostrom” is uncommon English (frequency #97,392 among 1,431 “O” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #97,392
- frequency rank, English
- 1,431
- “O” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A surname from Swedish.
Corpus desk
Index EN-ostrom · Ostrom · English
Ostrom · rank #97,392 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #97,392
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,431
- PHOTO-FINISH Orvieto
Nearest frequency peer: Orvieto (-2 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.
Long-tail ranks near “Ostrom”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Oriya
Oriya
2,614 corpus weight
- Ormskirk
Ormskirk
2,613 corpus weight
- orthopedist
orthopedist
2,612 corpus weight
- Orvieto
Orvieto
2,611 corpus weight
- Ostrom
Ostrom
2,609 corpus weight
- othering
othering
2,607 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Ostrom” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Ostrom |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #97,392 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Ostrom” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Ostrom is uncommon English at frequency #97,392 among 1,431 “O” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A surname from Swedish.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Ostrom, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Swedish Öström, an ornamental surname composed of the elements ö (“island”) and ström (“stream”). The correct English form is Ostrom, spelled O-S-T-R-O-M.
Definition
- 1A surname from Swedish.
Etymology
Borrowed from Swedish Öström, an ornamental surname composed of the elements ö (“island”) and ström (“stream”).
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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