# stratosphere

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #33,037

## Definitions
1. The region of the uppermost atmosphere where the temperature increases along with the altitude due to the absorption of solar ultraviolet radiation by ozone.
2. Collectively, those layers of the Earth’s crust which primarily comprise stratified deposits.

## Etymology
From French stratosphère, a word coined by its discoverer, meteorologist Léon Teisserenc de Bort. From strato- + -sphere.

## Easily confused with
- **stratospheric** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stratosphere-vs-stratospheric)

## Common misspellings (19)
`srtatosphere`, `sstratosphere`, `startosphere`, `straotsphere`, `stratopshere`, `stratoshpere`, `stratospehre`, `stratospheer`, `stratospherre`, `stratosphhere`, `stratosphree`, `stratospphere`, `stratossphere`, `stratsophere`, `strattosphere`, `strratosphere`, `strtaosphere`, `sttratosphere`, `tsratosphere`

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