microsurgery
"microsurgery" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“microsurgery” is uncommon English (frequency #95,137 among 36,575 “M” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #95,137
- frequency rank, English
- 36,575
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Relating to techniques of surgery on very small or delicate parts of the body.
Corpus desk
Index EN-microsurgery · microsurgery · English
microsurgery · rank #95,137 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #95,137
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 36,575
- PHOTO-FINISH microscale
Nearest frequency peer: microscale (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “microsurgery”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Mendeleev
Mendeleev
4,873 corpus weight
- Merril
Merril
4,872 corpus weight
- microscale
microscale
4,865 corpus weight
- microsurgery
microsurgery
4,864 corpus weight
- milkmaid
milkmaid
4,859 corpus weight
- Minnehaha
Minnehaha
4,857 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “microsurgery” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | microsurgery |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #95,137 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “microsurgery” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
microsurgery is uncommon English at frequency #95,137 among 36,575 “M” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Relating to techniques of surgery on very small or delicate parts of the body.".
microsurgery doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: From micro- + surgery. The correct English form is microsurgery, spelled M-I-C-R-O-S-U-R-G-E-R-Y.
Definition
- 1Relating to techniques of surgery on very small or delicate parts of the body.
Etymology
From micro- + surgery.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "microsurgery", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.