stereolithography
noun
stereolithography is spelled S-T-E-R-E-O-L-I-T-H-O-G-R-A-P-H-Y. The wrong spelling people search most is sterolithography: about 10 Bing searches a month in the United States (September 2025 to August 2026), about 1 in 30 of all searches for the word. Stereolithography is a noun meaning “A means of rapid prototyping in which a laser hardens successive layers of a photopolymer to create a part…”.
How many letters and syllables are in stereolithography?
| Letters | 17: S-T-E-R-E-O-L-I-T-H-O-G-R-A-P-H-Y |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 31 million words; the 169,822nd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | 1; the most searched, sterolithography, about 10 Bing searches a month (all of them) |
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); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026).
How do you spell stereolithography?
Stereolithography is spelled S-T-E-R-E-O-L-I-T-H-O-G-R-A-P-H-Y. One wrong spelling is searched or written often enough to measure; together they are about 1 in 30 of the searches for stereolithography in either form.
Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026). Wrong spellings are taken from Wiktionary entries tagged "misspelling" and its obsolete or nonstandard forms, Wikipedia's Lists of common misspellings and the codespell dictionary, then measured. The proofreader's marks show the change that corrects each one.
How common is stereolithography?
Stereolithography appears about once in every 31 million words in written English, the 169,822nd 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).
What does stereolithography mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A means of rapid prototyping in which a laser hardens successive layers of a photopolymer to create a part with a shape defined by a computer model.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Stereolithography in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense means of prototyping:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | stéréolithographie |
| German | Stereolithographie |
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 stereolithography come from?
From stereo- + lithography.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).