mammogram
"mammogram" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“mammogram” is uncommon English (frequency #53,679 among 4,057 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #53,679
- frequency rank, English
- 4,057
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - An X-ray picture of the breasts (mammaries), used to screen for breast cancer.
Corpus desk
Index EN-mammogram · mammogram · English
mammogram · rank #53,679 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #53,679
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,057
- PHOTO-FINISH Manaus
Nearest frequency peer: Manaus (+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 “mammogram”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- machismo
machismo
46,326 corpus weight
- Mahabharata
Mahabharata
46,325 corpus weight
- mammogram
mammogram
46,322 corpus weight
- Manaus
Manaus
46,321 corpus weight
- Marky
Marky
46,319 corpus weight
- Martinsville
Martinsville
46,318 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “mammogram” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | mammogram |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #53,679 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “mammogram” in English
Rare enough to double-check
mammogram is uncommon English at frequency #53,679 among 4,057 “M” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "An X-ray picture of the breasts (mammaries), used to screen for breast cancer.".
Zero misspellings are on record for mammogram in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: From mammo- + -gram. The correct English form is mammogram, spelled M-A-M-M-O-G-R-A-M.
Definition
- 1An X-ray picture of the breasts (mammaries), used to screen for breast cancer.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how mammogram appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
If I had found out in 2010, when I had the mammogram, I would not have wanted preventive surgery because I hoped to have another child, and I wanted to breastfeed again.
An influential group of medical experts, the US Preventive Services Task Force, recommended last week that most women receive a mammogram starting at age 40. […] This is a marked difference from the task force’s previous guidance, which was to start biennial mammograms by age 50.
Etymology
From mammo- + -gram.
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.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).