melanoma
/mɛləˈnoʊmə/noun
melanoma is spelled M-E-L-A-N-O-M-A: 8 letters and 4 syllables. It appears 1.5 times per million words in written English, the 22,965th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, melanoma means “A dark-pigmented, usually malignant tumor arising from a melanocyte and occurring most commonly in the skin” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of melanoma is melanomas or melanomata.
How many letters and syllables are in melanoma?
| Letters | 8: M-E-L-A-N-O-M-A |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.5 times per million words; the 22,965th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is melanoma?
Melanoma appears 1.5 times per million words in written English, the 22,965th 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 melanoma?
- /mɛləˈnoʊmə/
Melanoma has 4 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: En-melanoma.oga, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of melanoma
- melanomas plural
- melanomata plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does melanoma mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A dark-pigmented, usually malignant tumor arising from a melanocyte and occurring most commonly in the skin.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Melanoma in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense type of skin tumor:
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 melanoma come from?
From melano- + -oma.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).