sclera
/ˈsklɛəɹə/
"sclera" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“sclera” is uncommon English (frequency #90,950 among 54,294 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #90,950
- frequency rank, English
- 54,294
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The white of the eye; the tough outer coat of the eye that covers the eyeball except for the cornea.
| 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) |
Where “sclera” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
sclera is uncommon English at frequency #90,950 among 54,294 “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.
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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The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is S-C-L-E-R-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.