scrotum

\skʁɔ.tɔm\

/\skʁɔ.tɔm\/ noun

The verdict

“scrotum” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #49,356. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#49,356
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
11
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Enveloppe cutanée des deux testicules faisant partie des bourses testiculaires.

Corpus desk

Index FR-scrotum · scrotum · French

scrotum · rank #49,356 · 11 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #49,356
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH Schreiber

Nearest frequency peer: Schreiber (-1 rank slots)

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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « scrotum »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « scrotum » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for scrotum
PropertyValue
Headwordscrotum
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\skʁɔ.tɔm\
Letters7
Frequency rank#49,356
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « scrotum »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).scrotumse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « Schreiber » (#49,355), « seum » (#49,357), « Schmid » (#49,354). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « scrotum » est au #49,356. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around scrotum (IPA \skʁɔ.tɔm\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #49,356 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Enveloppe cutanée des deux testicules faisant partie des bourses testiculaires.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for scrotum, with forms such as "csrotum", "sccrotum", and "scortum". 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. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is scrotum, spelled S-C-R-O-T-U-M.

Definition

  1. 1
    Enveloppe cutanée des deux testicules faisant partie des bourses testiculaires.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how scrotum appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Les testicules se trouvent à l’intérieur d’une enveloppe de peau appelée scrotum… Les volailles sont dépourvues de scrotum. Leurs testicules sont à l’intérieur du corps.
  2. Il m’a acheté des chemises et un nouveau pantalon, sans égard au confort de mes testicules ; j’ai le scrotum douillet.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • csrotum
  • sccrotum
  • scortum
  • scrotmu
  • scrottum
  • scrotumm
  • scroutm
  • scrrotum
  • scrtoum
  • srcotum
  • sscrotum

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of scrotum - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

csrotum2sccrotum1scortum2scrotmu2scrottum1scrotumm1scroutm2scrrotum1
Edit distance from "scrotum"

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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "scrotum"?
"scrotum" is spelled S-C-R-O-T-U-M. The IPA pronunciation is \skʁɔ.tɔm\.
What does "scrotum" mean?
As a noun, "scrotum" means: Enveloppe cutanée des deux testicules faisant partie des bourses testiculaires.
What are common misspellings of "scrotum"?
Common misspellings include "csrotum", "sccrotum", "scortum", "scrotmu", "scrottum". The correct spelling is "scrotum".
How do you pronounce "scrotum"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "scrotum" is \skʁɔ.tɔm\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "scrotum" come from?
"scrotum" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "scrotum", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list