# storyboard

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #46,197

## Definitions
1. A series of drawings that lay out the sequence of scenes in a film or series, especially an animated one.
2. Any sequence of drawings or diagrams which illustrate a sequence of events, e.g. in an accident or as a flowsheet for computer programming.

## Etymology
From story + board.

## Easily confused with
- **starboard** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/starboard-vs-storyboard)
- **scoreboard** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scoreboard-vs-storyboard)

## Common misspellings (16)
`sotryboard`, `sstoryboard`, `storbyoard`, `storryboard`, `storybaord`, `storybboard`, `storyboadr`, `storyboardd`, `storyboarrd`, `storyborad`, `storyobard`, `storyyboard`, `stoyrboard`, `stroyboard`, `sttoryboard`, `tsoryboard`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/storyboard