PMT
"pmt" is a 3-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“PMT” is uncommon English (frequency #64,616 among 4,417 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #64,616
- frequency rank, English
- 4,417
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Initialism of premenstrual tension.
Corpus desk
Index EN-pmt · PMT · English
PMT · rank #64,616 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #64,616
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-0 0 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,417
- PHOTO-FINISH politicking
Nearest frequency peer: politicking (+2 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.
Long-tail ranks near “PMT”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- PMT
PMT
35,385 corpus weight
- politicking
politicking
35,383 corpus weight
- pompadour
pompadour
35,382 corpus weight
- Pontus
Pontus
35,381 corpus weight
- positing
positing
35,380 corpus weight
- postmark
postmark
35,379 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “PMT” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | PMT |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #64,616 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “PMT” in English
Rare enough to double-check
PMT is uncommon English at frequency #64,616 among 4,417 “P” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for PMT in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct English form is PMT, spelled P-M-T.
Definition
- 1Initialism of premenstrual tension.
- 2Abbreviation of photomultiplier tube.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how PMT appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Other circumstances, such as sunburn, travel, or emotional crisis, can also aggravate fluid retention and "PMT".
Fraser knew girls had periods but he'd never heard of PMT.
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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