sarcoma
/sɑɹˈkoʊmə/
"sarcoma" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“sarcoma” has 10 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #40,887. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #40,887
- frequency rank, English
- 6,566
- “S” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A type of malignant tumor of the bone, cartilage, fat, muscle, blood vessels, or other connective or supportive tissue.
Corpus desk
Index EN-sarcoma · sarcoma · English
sarcoma · rank #40,887 · 10 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #40,887
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,566
- PHOTO-FINISH schooler
Nearest frequency peer: schooler (+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 “sarcoma”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- Sabina
Sabina
59,117 corpus weight
- saluted
saluted
59,116 corpus weight
- sarcoma
sarcoma
59,114 corpus weight
- schooler
schooler
59,113 corpus weight
- Schweitzer
Schweitzer
59,112 corpus weight
- secretarial
secretarial
59,111 corpus weight
What this shows “sarcoma” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | sarcoma |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /sɑɹˈkoʊmə/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #40,887 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “sarcoma”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around sarcoma (IPA /sɑɹˈkoʊmə/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #40,887 among 6,566 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "A type of malignant tumor of the bone, cartilage, fat, muscle, blood vessels, or other connective or supportive tissue.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for sarcoma, with forms such as "asrcoma", "sacroma", and "sarccoma". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Latin sarcoma, from Ancient Greek σάρκωμα (sárkōma), from σάρξ (sárx, “flesh”) + -ωμα (-ōma, “process”) or from Ancient Greek σαρκόω (sarkóō), itself from σάρξ (sárx); by surface analysis, sarc- + -oma. The correct English form is sarcoma, spelled S-A-R-C-O-M-A.
Definition
- 1A type of malignant tumor of the bone, cartilage, fat, muscle, blood vessels, or other connective or supportive tissue.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how sarcoma appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Only about 1 per cent of cancers are found in connective tissue; these are known as sarcomas.
Etymology
From Latin sarcoma, from Ancient Greek σάρκωμα (sárkōma), from σάρξ (sárx, “flesh”) + -ωμα (-ōma, “process”) or from Ancient Greek σαρκόω (sarkóō), itself from σάρξ (sárx); by surface analysis, sarc- + -oma.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- asrcoma
- sacroma
- sarccoma
- sarcmoa
- sarcoam
- sarcomma
- sarocma
- sarrcoma
- sracoma
- ssarcoma
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of sarcoma - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "sarcoma", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
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