sima
"sima" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“sima” is uncommon English (frequency #50,232 among 6,566 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,232
- frequency rank, English
- 6,566
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The upturned edge of a roof which acts as a gutter; a cyma.
Corpus desk
Index EN-sima · sima · English
sima · rank #50,232 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #50,232
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,566
- PHOTO-FINISH sicko
Nearest frequency peer: sicko (-1 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 “sima”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- shiba
shiba
49,774 corpus weight
- shitter
shitter
49,772 corpus weight
- shoebox
shoebox
49,771 corpus weight
- sicko
sicko
49,770 corpus weight
- sima
sima
49,769 corpus weight
- skinning
skinning
49,766 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “sima” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | sima |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #50,232 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “sima” in English
Rare enough to double-check
sima is uncommon English at frequency #50,232 among 6,566 “S” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The upturned edge of a roof which acts as a gutter; a cyma.".
Zero misspellings are on record for sima in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: From the Ancient Greek σιμός (simós, “bent upwards”). The correct English form is sima, spelled S-I-M-A.
Definition
- 1The upturned edge of a roof which acts as a gutter; a cyma.
Etymology
From the Ancient Greek σιμός (simós, “bent upwards”).
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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