skydome
"skydome" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“skydome” is uncommon English (frequency #93,159 among 6,566 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #93,159
- frequency rank, English
- 6,566
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - A sphere or hemisphere with a texture on its inner face, used to simulate the sky or similar backdrop around a three-dimensional playfield.
Corpus desk
Index EN-skydome · skydome · English
skydome · rank #93,159 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #93,159
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,566
- PHOTO-FINISH skittering
Nearest frequency peer: skittering (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “skydome”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- signoria
signoria
6,847 corpus weight
- simpering
simpering
6,845 corpus weight
- skittering
skittering
6,843 corpus weight
- skydome
skydome
6,842 corpus weight
- slappy
slappy
6,841 corpus weight
- slee
slee
6,840 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “skydome” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | skydome |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #93,159 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “skydome” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
skydome is uncommon English at frequency #93,159 among 6,566 “S” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A sphere or hemisphere with a texture on its inner face, used to simulate the sky or similar backdrop around a three-dimensional playfield.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for skydome in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From sky + dome. The correct English form is skydome, spelled S-K-Y-D-O-M-E.
Definition
- 1A sphere or hemisphere with a texture on its inner face, used to simulate the sky or similar backdrop around a three-dimensional playfield.
Etymology
From sky + dome.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 2, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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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.