trachoma
noun
trachoma is spelled T-R-A-C-H-O-M-A: 8 letters. It appears about once in every 13 million words in written English, the 107,757th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, trachoma means “An infectious disease of the eyelid caused by the bacterium Chlamydia trachomatis” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of trachoma is trachomas or trachomata.
How many letters and syllables are in trachoma?
| Letters | 8: T-R-A-C-H-O-M-A |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 13 million words; the 107,757th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is trachoma?
Trachoma appears about once in every 13 million words in written English, the 107,757th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce trachoma?
- US
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Sapaa-trachoma.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of trachoma
- trachomas plural
- trachomata plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does trachoma mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
An infectious disease of the eyelid caused by the bacterium Chlamydia trachomatis.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Trachoma in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense infectious disease:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does trachoma come from?
From New Latin trachōma, from Ancient Greek τράχωμα (trákhōma, “roughness”), from τρᾱχύς (trākhús, “rough”) + -ωμα (-ōma).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).