mammography

noun

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"mammography" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“mammography” has 16 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #44,920. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#44,920
frequency rank, English
36,575
“M” headwords
16
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - X-ray examination of the breasts for diagnosing and locating abnormalities, especially tumours.

Key facts for mammography
PropertyValue
Headwordmammography
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters11
Frequency rank#44,920
Misspellings tracked16
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “mammography” sits in English frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). mammography lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 16 spelling variants around mammography, anoun. Corpus frequency is #44,920 among 36,575 “M” headwords. Dominant gloss: "X-ray examination of the breasts for diagnosing and locating abnormalities, especially tumours.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for mammography, with forms such as "ammmography", "mammgoraphy", and "mammogarphy". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Etymologically, the entry records: From mammo- + -graphy. The correct English form is mammography, spelled M-A-M-M-O-G-R-A-P-H-Y.

Definition

  1. 1
    X-ray examination of the breasts for diagnosing and locating abnormalities, especially tumours.

Etymology

From mammo- + -graphy.

This word in other languages

mamografía(Español)mammographie(Français)Mammografie(Deutsch)mamografia(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ammmography
  • mammgoraphy
  • mammogarphy
  • mammoggraphy
  • mammograhpy
  • mammographhy
  • mammographyy
  • mammograpphy
  • mammograpyh
  • mammogrpahy
  • mammogrraphy
  • mammorgaphy
  • mamography
  • mamomgraphy
  • mmammography
  • mmamography

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of mammography - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

ammmography2mammgoraphy2mammogarphy2mammoggraphy1mammograhpy2mammographhy1mammographyy1mammograpphy1
Edit distance from "mammography"

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 "mammography"?
"mammography" is spelled M-A-M-M-O-G-R-A-P-H-Y.
What does "mammography" mean?
As a noun, "mammography" means: X-ray examination of the breasts for diagnosing and locating abnormalities, especially tumours.
What are common misspellings of "mammography"?
Common misspellings include "ammmography", "mammgoraphy", "mammogarphy", "mammoggraphy", "mammograhpy". The correct spelling is "mammography".
What is the origin of the word "mammography"?
From mammo- + -graphy. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Using “mammography”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct English spelling is M-A-M-M-O-G-R-A-P-H-Y - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words

Same frequency band

Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list