# storyline

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #10,613

## Definitions
1. The plot of a story; one of several within a story, usually interwoven.
2. A narrative description of a given modeling scenario, highlighting its main characteristics and underlying technical and socioeconomic drivers.

## Etymology
From story + line. The climate science usage is defined in the IPCC WG III AR5 report (2014).

## Easily confused with
- **shoreline** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shoreline-vs-storyline)
- **scoreline** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scoreline-vs-storyline)

## Common misspellings (14)
`sotryline`, `sstoryline`, `storlyine`, `storryline`, `storyilne`, `storylien`, `storylinne`, `storylline`, `storylnie`, `storyyline`, `stoyrline`, `stroyline`, `sttoryline`, `tsoryline`

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