osteosarcoma
"osteosarcoma" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“osteosarcoma” is uncommon English (frequency #83,582 among 1,431 “O” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #83,582
- frequency rank, English
- 1,431
- “O” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A type of cancer of the bone.
Corpus desk
Index EN-osteosarcoma · osteosarcoma · English
osteosarcoma · rank #83,582 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #83,582
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,431
- PHOTO-FINISH ouroboros
Nearest frequency peer: ouroboros (+2 rank slots)
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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 “osteosarcoma”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- opprobrium
opprobrium
16,425 corpus weight
- organza
organza
16,423 corpus weight
- osteosarcoma
osteosarcoma
16,419 corpus weight
- ouroboros
ouroboros
16,417 corpus weight
- overachiever
overachiever
16,414 corpus weight
- overbite
overbite
16,413 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “osteosarcoma” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | osteosarcoma |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #83,582 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “osteosarcoma” in English
Rare enough to double-check
osteosarcoma is uncommon English at frequency #83,582 among 1,431 “O” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A type of cancer of the bone.".
Zero misspellings are on record for osteosarcoma in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From osteo- + sarcoma. The correct English form is osteosarcoma, spelled O-S-T-E-O-S-A-R-C-O-M-A.
Definition
- 1A type of cancer of the bone.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how osteosarcoma appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Even small osteosarcomas can be unimaginably painful.
Etymology
From osteo- + sarcoma.
This word in other languages
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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