abomasum
/ˌæb.oʊˈmeɪ.səm/
"abomasum" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“abomasum” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The fourth digestive compartment of the stomach of a cow or other ruminant, after the omasum;
Corpus desk
Index EN-abomasum · abomasum · English
abomasum · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | abomasum |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˌæb.oʊˈmeɪ.səm/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “abomasum” in English
Rare enough to double-check
abomasum is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˌæb.oʊˈmeɪ.səm/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
abomasum doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From New Latin abomāsum, from ab- (“away from”) + omāsum (“tripe of a bullock”). The correct English form is abomasum, spelled A-B-O-M-A-S-U-M.
Definition
- 1The fourth digestive compartment of the stomach of a cow or other ruminant, after the omasum;
- 2The fourth digestive compartment of the stomach of a cow or other ruminant, after the omasum; the lining of said compartment, considered as a foodstuff.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how abomasum appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The abomasa of sheep grazing on natural pastures in the highveld of Zimbabwe were examined at Mt. Hampden abattoir between October 1985 and September 1986 for H. contortus. Of 304 abomasa, 213 (70%) harboured H. contortus.
1996 [1991, Ellis Horwood Limited], R. K. Robinson, A. Y. Tamime, Feta & Related Cheeses, Woodhead Publishing Limited, page 54, Traditionally, coagulation of the milk for Feta cheese manufacture was achieved using rennet produced by cheesemakers themselves from the abomasa of lambs and kids slaughtered before weaning.
Etymology
From New Latin abomāsum, from ab- (“away from”) + omāsum (“tripe of a bullock”).
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.