hyperpigmentation
noun
hyperpigmentation is a noun meaning “A high degree of pigmentation; too much pigmentation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled H-Y-P-E-R-P-I-G-M-E-N-T-A-T-I-O-N, and it appears about once in every 8 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of hyperpigmentation is hyperpigmentations.
What does hyperpigmentation mean?
noun
- 1
A high degree of pigmentation; too much pigmentation.
- 2
The darkening of an area of skin or nails, caused by increased melanin.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of hyperpigmentation
- hyperpigmentations plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is hyperpigmentation?
Hyperpigmentation appears about once in every 8 million words in written English, the 84,254th 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).
Hyperpigmentation in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense darkening:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Spanish | hiperpigmentación |
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 hyperpigmentation come from?
From hyper- + pigmentation.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).