lymphoma
/lɪmˈfoʊ.mə/noun
lymphoma is spelled L-Y-M-P-H-O-M-A: 8 letters and 3 syllables. It appears 1.9 times per million words in written English, the 20,356th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, lymphoma means “A malignant tumor that arises in the lymph nodes or in other lymphoid tissue” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of lymphoma is lymphomata or lymphomas.
How many letters and syllables are in lymphoma?
| Letters | 8: L-Y-M-P-H-O-M-A |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.9 times per million words; the 20,356th 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 and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; 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 lymphoma?
Lymphoma appears 1.9 times per million words in written English, the 20,356th 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 lymphoma?
- US /lɪmˈfoʊ.mə/
Lymphoma has 3 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-lymphoma.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with lymphoma?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as lymphoma from its last stressed vowel (/oʊmə/):
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 lymphoma
- lymphomata plural
- lymphomas plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does lymphoma mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A malignant tumor that arises in the lymph nodes or in other lymphoid tissue.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Lymphoma in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense malignant tumor that arises in the lymph nodes or in other lymphoid tissue:
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 lymphoma come from?
From lymph, from Latin lympha (“water”) + -oma (“disease, morbidity”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).