sclera
/ˈsklɛəɹə/
"sclera" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“sclera” is uncommon English (frequency #90,950 among 6,566 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #90,950
- frequency rank, English
- 6,566
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The white of the eye; the tough outer coat of the eye that covers the eyeball except for the cornea.
Corpus desk
Index EN-sclera · sclera · English
sclera · rank #90,950 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #90,950
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,566
- PHOTO-FINISH scribal
Nearest frequency peer: scribal (+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 “sclera”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- scalper
scalper
9,061 corpus weight
- Scamander
Scamander
9,060 corpus weight
- sclera
sclera
9,051 corpus weight
- scribal
scribal
9,049 corpus weight
- scullion
scullion
9,047 corpus weight
- Secunderabad
Secunderabad
9,041 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “sclera” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | sclera |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈsklɛəɹə/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #90,950 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “sclera” in English
Rare enough to double-check
sclera is uncommon English at frequency #90,950 among 6,566 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈsklɛəɹə/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The white of the eye; the tough outer coat of the eye that covers the eyeball except for the cornea.".
Zero misspellings are on record for sclera in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from New Latin sclera, from Ancient Greek σκληρός (sklērós, “hard”). The correct English form is sclera, spelled S-C-L-E-R-A.
Definition
- 1The white of the eye; the tough outer coat of the eye that covers the eyeball except for the cornea.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how sclera appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
She'd been back a week and it was clear that college-level track was kicking her ass, the sclera in her normally wide manga-eyes were shot through with blood vessels.
Such pressures explain why humans are peculiar in having our rather small irises set against a white background—the sclera—in our eyes. Anyone watching us can infer where we are looking or whom we are looking at.
Etymology
Borrowed from New Latin sclera, from Ancient Greek σκληρός (sklērós, “hard”).
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); 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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