strabismus
/stɹəˈbɪzməs/
"strabismus" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“strabismus” is uncommon English (frequency #83,784 among 54,294 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #83,784
- frequency rank, English
- 54,294
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A defect of vision in which one eye cannot focus with the other on an object because of imbalance of the eye muscles; a squint.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | strabismus |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /stɹəˈbɪzməs/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #83,784 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “strabismus” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
strabismus is uncommon English at frequency #83,784 among 54,294 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /stɹəˈbɪzməs/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A defect of vision in which one eye cannot focus with the other on an object because of imbalance of the eye muscles; a squint.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for strabismus in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from New Latin strabismus, from Ancient Greek στραβισμός (strabismós), from στραβίζω (strabízō, “to squint”), from στραβός (strabós, “squinting”) (whence the synonymous Latin strabus). The correct English form is strabismus, spelled S-T-R-A-B-I-S-M-U-S.
Definition
- 1A defect of vision in which one eye cannot focus with the other on an object because of imbalance of the eye muscles; a squint.
Etymology
Borrowed from New Latin strabismus, from Ancient Greek στραβισμός (strabismós), from στραβίζω (strabízō, “to squint”), from στραβός (strabós, “squinting”) (whence the synonymous Latin strabus).
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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.
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- The one correct English spelling is S-T-R-A-B-I-S-M-U-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.