stroma
/ˈstɹəʊ̯.mə/
"stroma" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“stroma” is uncommon English (frequency #70,300 among 54,294 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #70,300
- frequency rank, English
- 54,294
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The tissue structure of an organ, etc., that serves to support it.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | stroma |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈstɹəʊ̯.mə/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #70,300 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “stroma” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
stroma is uncommon English at frequency #70,300 among 54,294 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈstɹəʊ̯.mə/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The tissue structure of an organ, etc., that serves to support it.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for stroma, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Latin strōma (“mattress, bed covering”), from Ancient Greek στρῶμα (strôma, “bed”), from στόρνυμι (stórnumi, “to stretch out”). The correct English form is stroma, spelled S-T-R-O-M-A.
Definition
- 1The tissue structure of an organ, etc., that serves to support it.
Etymology
From Latin strōma (“mattress, bed covering”), from Ancient Greek στρῶμα (strôma, “bed”), from στόρνυμι (stórnumi, “to stretch out”).
This word in other languages
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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Using “stroma”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is S-T-R-O-M-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
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.