adenoma

/ædəˈnoʊmə/

//ædəˈnoʊmə// noun

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"adenoma" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“adenoma” is uncommon English (frequency #81,079 among 3,931 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#81,079
frequency rank, English
3,931
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A benign tumour of the epithelium arising from or resembling a gland.

Corpus desk

Index EN-adenoma · adenoma · English

adenoma · rank #81,079 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #81,079
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,931
  • PHOTO-FINISH Adaline

Nearest frequency peer: Adaline (-1 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 “adenoma”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “adenoma” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for adenoma
PropertyValue
Headwordadenoma
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ædəˈnoʊmə/
Letters7
Frequency rank#81,079
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “adenoma” in English

This scale runs from the tiny cluster of words that carry ordinary speech (left) to the long tail of words almost nobody reaches for (right).adenomafalls in this rarity band:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Rare peers in the same band: “Adaline” (#81,078), “Acland” (#81,077), “adverbial” (#81,081). Among 3,931 “A” headwords, “adenoma” is #81,079. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

adenoma is uncommon English at frequency #81,079 among 3,931 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ædəˈnoʊmə/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A benign tumour of the epithelium arising from or resembling a gland.".

Zero misspellings are on record for adenoma in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

Etymologically, the entry records: From aden- + -oma. The correct English form is adenoma, spelled A-D-E-N-O-M-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    A benign tumour of the epithelium arising from or resembling a gland.

Etymology

From aden- + -oma.

This word in other languages

adenoma(Español)adénome(Français)Adenom(Deutsch)

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "adenoma"?
"adenoma" is spelled A-D-E-N-O-M-A. The IPA pronunciation is /ædəˈnoʊmə/.
What does "adenoma" mean?
As a noun, "adenoma" means: A benign tumour of the epithelium arising from or resembling a gland.
How do you pronounce "adenoma"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "adenoma" is /ædəˈnoʊmə/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What is the origin of the word "adenoma"?
From aden- + -oma. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Adaline#81,078aileron#81,085Zenobia#81,060Zebedee#81,059

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list