storytime

noun

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"storytime" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“storytime” is uncommon English (frequency #65,535 among 6,566 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#65,535
frequency rank, English
6,566
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The time at which a story is told.

Corpus desk

Index EN-storytime · storytime · English

storytime · rank #65,535 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #65,535
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,566
  • PHOTO-FINISH stalag

Nearest frequency peer: stalag (-2 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 “storytime”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “storytime” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for storytime
PropertyValue
Headwordstorytime
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters9
Frequency rank#65,535
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “storytime” in English

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right).storytimefalls in this rarity band:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

The axis is logarithmic, with each marked tick roughly ten times rarer than the last. Rare peers in the same band: “stalag” (#65,533), “strudel” (#65,537), “stackable” (#65,532). Among 6,566 “S” headwords, “storytime” is #65,535. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

storytime is uncommon English at frequency #65,535 among 6,566 “S” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The time at which a story is told.".

storytime doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Etymologically, the entry records: From story + time. The correct English form is storytime, spelled S-T-O-R-Y-T-I-M-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    The time at which a story is told.

Etymology

From story + time.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "storytime"?
"storytime" is spelled S-T-O-R-Y-T-I-M-E.
What does "storytime" mean?
As a noun, "storytime" means: The time at which a story is told.
What is the origin of the word "storytime"?
From story + time. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "storytime", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

stackable#65,532squawking#65,530spearmint#65,524tethering#65,560

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list