sycamore
/ˈsɪkəmoɹ/
"sycamore" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“sycamore” has 12 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #31,367. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #31,367
- frequency rank, English
- 54,294
- “S” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Any of several North American plane trees, of the genus Platanus, especially Platanus occidentalis (American sycamore), distinguished by its mottled bark which flakes off in large irregular masses.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | sycamore |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈsɪkəmoɹ/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #31,367 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “sycamore” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around sycamore (IPA /ˈsɪkəmoɹ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #31,367 among 54,294 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for sycamore, with forms such as "scyamore", "ssycamore", and "syacmore". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: Circa 1350 as Middle English sicamour, from Old French sicamor, from Latin sȳcomorus, from Ancient Greek σῡκόμορος (sūkómoros, literally “fig-mulberry”), from σῦκον (sûkon, “fig”) + μόρον (móron, “mulberry”). Possibly influenced by Hebrew שִׁקְמָה (shikmá, … The correct English form is sycamore, spelled S-Y-C-A-M-O-R-E.
Definition
- 1Any of several North American plane trees, of the genus Platanus, especially Platanus occidentalis (American sycamore), distinguished by its mottled bark which flakes off in large irregular masses.
- 2A large British and European species of maple, Acer pseudoplatanus, known in North America as the sycamore maple.
- 3A large tree bearing edible fruit, Ficus sycomorus, allied to the common fig, found in Egypt and Syria.
Etymology
Circa 1350 as Middle English sicamour, from Old French sicamor, from Latin sȳcomorus, from Ancient Greek σῡκόμορος (sūkómoros, literally “fig-mulberry”), from σῦκον (sûkon, “fig”) + μόρον (móron, “mulberry”). Possibly influenced by Hebrew שִׁקְמָה (shikmá, “fig-mulberry”). In the 16th c. applied to the European maple (Acer pseudoplatanus), in the early 19th c. to various plane tree species introduced to North America, perhaps in analogy to their shadiness.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- scyamore
- ssycamore
- syacmore
- sycammore
- sycamoer
- sycamorre
- sycamroe
- sycaomre
- syccamore
- sycmaore
- syycamore
- yscamore
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of sycamore - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 “sycamore”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is S-Y-C-A-M-O-R-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈsɪkəmoɹ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.