thema
"thema" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“thema” is uncommon English (frequency #93,232 among 3,151 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #93,232
- frequency rank, English
- 3,151
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A subject or theme.
Corpus desk
Index EN-thema · thema · English
thema · rank #93,232 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #93,232
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,151
- PHOTO-FINISH tercentenary
Nearest frequency peer: tercentenary (-3 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 “thema”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- temporality
temporality
6,775 corpus weight
- temporomand…
temporomandibular
6,774 corpus weight
- Tennent
Tennent
6,773 corpus weight
- tercentenary
tercentenary
6,772 corpus weight
- thema
thema
6,769 corpus weight
- thermodynam…
thermodynamically
6,765 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “thema” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | thema |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #93,232 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “thema” in English
Rare enough to double-check
thema is uncommon English at frequency #93,232 among 3,151 “T” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A subject or theme.".
thema has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek θέμᾰ (thémă). Doublet of theme. The correct English form is thema, spelled T-H-E-M-A.
Definition
- 1A subject or theme.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how thema appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Eco has his own image for this method-spiral repetition: every new exploration elevates the solutions to a higher level by expanding the thema's cognitive context.
With regard to its division—which is the second main section [of this treatise]—one must diligently examine the meaning of the words that appear in the thema.
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek θέμᾰ (thémă). Doublet of theme.
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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