melanoma

/mɛləˈnoʊmə/

//mɛləˈnoʊmə// noun

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"melanoma" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“melanoma” has 11 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #23,038. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#23,038
frequency rank, English
4,057
“M” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A dark-pigmented, usually malignant tumor arising from a melanocyte and occurring most commonly in the skin.

Corpus desk

Index EN-melanoma · melanoma · English

melanoma · rank #23,038 · 11 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #23,038
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,057
  • PHOTO-FINISH Meade

Nearest frequency peer: Meade (-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.

Rank peers near misspelling magnet “melanoma”

Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword

corpus weight

What this shows “melanoma” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

melanoma vs Melania
63% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for melanoma
PropertyValue
Headwordmelanoma
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
IPA/mɛləˈnoʊmə/
Letters8
Frequency rank#23,038
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “melanoma”

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).melanomalands here:

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

The axis is logarithmic, with each marked tick roughly ten times rarer than the last. Same rarity band neighbours include “Meade” (#23,037), “menacing” (#23,039), “Mckinley” (#23,036). Among 4,057 “M” headwords, “melanoma” is #23,038. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around melanoma (IPA /mɛləˈnoʊmə/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #23,038 among 4,057 “M” headwords. Dominant gloss: "A dark-pigmented, usually malignant tumor arising from a melanocyte and occurring most commonly in the skin.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for melanoma, with forms such as "emlanoma", "mealnoma", and "melanmoa". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "Melania", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Etymologically, the entry records: From melano- + -oma. The correct English form is melanoma, spelled M-E-L-A-N-O-M-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    A dark-pigmented, usually malignant tumor arising from a melanocyte and occurring most commonly in the skin.

Etymology

From melano- + -oma.

Synonyms

black cancerMelanome

This word in other languages

melanoma(Español)mélanome(Français)Melanom(Deutsch)melanoma(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • emlanoma
  • mealnoma
  • melanmoa
  • melannoma
  • melanoam
  • melanomma
  • melaonma
  • mellanoma
  • melnaoma
  • mleanoma
  • mmelanoma

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of melanoma - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

emlanoma2mealnoma2melanmoa2melannoma1melanoam2melanomma1melaonma2mellanoma1
Edit distance from "melanoma"

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 "melanoma"?
"melanoma" is spelled M-E-L-A-N-O-M-A. The IPA pronunciation is /mɛləˈnoʊmə/.
What does "melanoma" mean?
As a noun, "melanoma" means: A dark-pigmented, usually malignant tumor arising from a melanocyte and occurring most commonly in the skin.
What words are commonly confused with "melanoma"?
"melanoma" is commonly confused with "Melania". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "melanoma"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "melanoma" is /mɛləˈnoʊmə/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What is the origin of the word "melanoma"?
From melano- + -oma. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "melanoma", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

menacing#23,039Mckinley#23,036matrices#23,035mobilize#23,042

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

perilous11 variantsplucked11 variantsprepping11 variantsHepburn11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list