TMA
"tma" is a 3-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“TMA” is uncommon English (frequency #52,679 among 3,151 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #52,679
- frequency rank, English
- 3,151
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Initialism of tense, mood, and aspect.
Corpus desk
Index EN-tma · TMA · English
TMA · rank #52,679 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #52,679
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,151
- PHOTO-FINISH Tiwari
Nearest frequency peer: Tiwari (-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.
Long-tail ranks near “TMA”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- timeslot
timeslot
47,326 corpus weight
- Tirana
Tirana
47,325 corpus weight
- Tiwari
Tiwari
47,323 corpus weight
- TMA
TMA
47,322 corpus weight
- Tobruk
Tobruk
47,321 corpus weight
- transmembra…
transmembrane
47,318 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “TMA” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | TMA |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #52,679 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “TMA” in English
Rare enough to double-check
TMA is uncommon English at frequency #52,679 among 3,151 “T” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for TMA, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct English form is TMA, spelled T-M-A.
Definition
- 1Initialism of tense, mood, and aspect.
- 2Initialism of trimethoxyamphetamine.
- 3Initialism of trimethylamine.
- 4Initialism of television market area.
- 5Initialism of truck-mounted attenuator.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how TMA appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
a TMA system is the kind of thing that explains English “would”, “could”, “-ed”, “-ing”, “-s”, “have”, “been”, etc.
A little over 50 years later – with LSD, psilocybin, psilocin, TMA, several compounds based on DMT and various other isomers – the number was up to almost 20.
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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