schema
sche·ma/ˈskimə/noun
schema is spelled S-C-H-E-M-A: 6 letters and 2 syllables (sche·ma). It appears 1.3 times per million words in written English, the 24,463rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, schema means “An outline or image universally applicable to a general conception, under which it is likely to be presented to the mind (for example, a body schema)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of schema is schemata or schemas.
How many letters and syllables are in schema?
| Letters | 6: S-C-H-E-M-A |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: sche·ma |
| In writing | 1.3 times per million words; the 24,463rd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with | |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; 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 schema?
Schema appears 1.3 times per million words in written English, the 24,463rd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce schema?
- UK /ˈskiːmə/
- US /ˈskimə/
- Australia /ˈskiːmə/
Schema has 2 syllables, split sche·ma in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-schema.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with schema?
5 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as schema from its last stressed vowel (/imə/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: sachem.
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 schema
- schemata plural
- schemas plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does schema mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
An outline or image universally applicable to a general conception, under which it is likely to be presented to the mind (for example, a body schema).
- 2
A formal description of the structure of a database: the names of the tables, the names of the columns of each table, and the data type and other attributes of each column.
The database schema defines how the tables are organized.
- 3
A formal description of data, data types, and data file structures, such as XML schemas for XML files.
- 4
A formula in the metalanguage of an axiomatic system, in which one or more schematic variables appear, which stand for any term or subformula of the system, which may or may not be required to satisfy certain conditions.
- 5
A monastic habit in the Greek Orthodox Church.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Schema in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does schema come from?
Unadapted borrowing from Latin schēma, from Ancient Greek σχῆμα (skhêma, “form, shape”). Doublet of scheme.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).