scotoma
/skəˈtoʊ.mə/noun
scotoma is spelled S-C-O-T-O-M-A: 7 letters. It appears about once in every 28 million words in written English, the 161,690th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, scotoma means “An area of impaired or lost vision within a visual field otherwise in a good (or at least healthy) state” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of scotoma is scotomas or scotomata.
How many letters and syllables are in scotoma?
| Letters | 7: S-C-O-T-O-M-A |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 28 million words; the 161,690th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is scotoma?
Scotoma appears about once in every 28 million words in written English, the 161,690th 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 scotoma?
- /skəˈtoʊ.mə/
- /skoʊˈtoʊ.mə/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-scotoma.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of scotoma
- scotomas plural
- scotomata plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does scotoma mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
An area of impaired or lost vision within a visual field otherwise in a good (or at least healthy) state.
- 2
A weakness of the mind's perception, cognition, or world view, causing it to ignore some aspects of reality.
intellectual scotoma
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Scotoma in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense area of impaired or lost vision:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | scotome |
| Portuguese | escotoma |
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 scotoma come from?
From Late Latin scotoma, from Ancient Greek σκότωμα (skótōma), from σκότος (skótos, “darkness”). By surface analysis, scot- + -oma. The figurative sense is an extension from the literal sense, as if the mind, like an eye, cannot "see" certain things.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).