cholesteatoma
/kəˌlɛsti.əˈtəʊmə/noun
cholesteatoma is spelled C-H-O-L-E-S-T-E-A-T-O-M-A: 13 letters. It appears about once in every 56 million words in written English, the 234,209th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, cholesteatoma means “A destructive and expanding keratinizing squamous epithelium in the middle ear or mastoid process” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of cholesteatoma is cholesteatomas or cholesteatomata.
How many letters and syllables are in cholesteatoma?
| Letters | 13: C-H-O-L-E-S-T-E-A-T-O-M-A |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 56 million words; the 234,209th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is cholesteatoma?
Cholesteatoma appears about once in every 56 million words in written English, the 234,209th 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 cholesteatoma?
- UK /kəˌlɛsti.əˈtəʊmə/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What rhymes with cholesteatoma?
One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as cholesteatoma from its last stressed vowel (/əʊmə/, British pronunciation):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of cholesteatoma
- cholesteatomas plural
- cholesteatomata plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does cholesteatoma mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A destructive and expanding keratinizing squamous epithelium in the middle ear or mastoid process.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Cholesteatoma in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense a destructive and expanding growth in the middle ear:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Portuguese | colesteatoma |
| Spanish | colesteatoma |
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.