ozonosphere
"ozonosphere" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“ozonosphere” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A layer in part of the stratosphere that has a larger than normal concentration of ozone; the ozone layer.
Corpus desk
Index EN-ozonosphere · ozonosphere · English
ozonosphere · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "O" 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 | ozonosphere |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “ozonosphere” in English
Rare enough to double-check
ozonosphere is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A layer in part of the stratosphere that has a larger than normal concentration of ozone; the ozone layer.".
ozonosphere has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From ozone + -o- + -sphere. The correct English form is ozonosphere, spelled O-Z-O-N-O-S-P-H-E-R-E.
Definition
- 1A layer in part of the stratosphere that has a larger than normal concentration of ozone; the ozone layer.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how ozonosphere appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The mesosphere may be described as the earth's intermediate or middle atmosphere, which separates the thermosphere above from the ozonosphere (or stratosphere) below, both of which are responsible for absorption of most of the ultraviolet part of the solar radiation and preventing it from reaching the earth's surface.
Etymology
From ozone + -o- + -sphere.
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.