TMJ
"tmj" is a 3-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“TMJ” is uncommon English (frequency #71,169 among 3,151 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #71,169
- frequency rank, English
- 3,151
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Abbreviation of temporomandibular joint.
Corpus desk
Index EN-tmj · TMJ · English
TMJ · rank #71,169 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #71,169
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-0 0 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,151
- PHOTO-FINISH tipu
Nearest frequency peer: tipu (-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 “TMJ”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- thrips
thrips
28,837 corpus weight
- thur
thur
28,836 corpus weight
- tipu
tipu
28,833 corpus weight
- TMJ
TMJ
28,832 corpus weight
- tokamak
tokamak
28,830 corpus weight
- toroidal
toroidal
28,827 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “TMJ” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | TMJ |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #71,169 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “TMJ” in English
Rare enough to double-check
TMJ is uncommon English at frequency #71,169 among 3,151 “T” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for TMJ, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct English form is TMJ, spelled T-M-J.
Definition
- 1Abbreviation of temporomandibular joint.
- 2Temporomandibular pain, temporomandibular joint disorder.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how TMJ appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
She was an only child, a gym rat, had a blotchy red birthmark on her neck in the shape of Florida, a gum-chewing habit that gave her TMJ and breath that reeked of cinnamon and green apple candy.
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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