prostatectomy
"prostatectomy" is a 13-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“prostatectomy” is uncommon English (frequency #79,884 among 46,516 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #79,884
- frequency rank, English
- 46,516
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The surgical removal of part or all of the prostate gland.
Corpus desk
Index EN-prostatectomy · prostatectomy · English
prostatectomy · rank #79,884 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #79,884
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 46,516
- PHOTO-FINISH propionate
Nearest frequency peer: propionate (-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 “prostatectomy”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Probert
Probert
20,120 corpus weight
- prophetess
prophetess
20,119 corpus weight
- propionate
propionate
20,118 corpus weight
- prostatecto…
prostatectomy
20,117 corpus weight
- Proterozoic
Proterozoic
20,115 corpus weight
- PSOE
PSOE
20,114 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “prostatectomy” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | prostatectomy |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #79,884 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “prostatectomy” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
prostatectomy is uncommon English at frequency #79,884 among 46,516 “P” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The surgical removal of part or all of the prostate gland.".
Zero misspellings are on record for prostatectomy in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From prostato- + -ectomy. The correct English form is prostatectomy, spelled P-R-O-S-T-A-T-E-C-T-O-M-Y.
Definition
- 1The surgical removal of part or all of the prostate gland.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how prostatectomy appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Doctors can perform prostatectomies in one of three different ways: perineally, retropubically, or laparoscopically.
Etymology
From prostato- + -ectomy.
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.
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 "prostatectomy", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 13 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.