tomographic

adj

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"tomographic" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“tomographic” is uncommon English (frequency #99,946 among 3,151 “T” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#99,946
frequency rank, English
3,151
“T” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Of or pertaining to imaging by the method of rotating a radiation source and the accompanying sensor so that areas outside the required plane of investigation are not in focus.

Corpus desk

Index EN-tomographic · tomographic · English

tomographic · rank #99,946 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #99,946
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,151
  • PHOTO-FINISH Tiu

Nearest frequency peer: Tiu (-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.

Frequency neighbourhood for “tomographic”

Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)

corpus weight

What this shows Bars show where “tomographic” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for tomographic
PropertyValue
Headwordtomographic
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechAdjective
Letters11
Frequency rank#99,946
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “tomographic” sits in English frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right).tomographiclands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

The axis is logarithmic, with each marked tick roughly ten times rarer than the last. Same rarity band neighbours include “Tiu” (#99,944), “Timpson” (#99,943), “tossup” (#99,949). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

tomographic is uncommon English at frequency #99,946 among 3,151 “T” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Of or pertaining to imaging by the method of rotating a radiation source and the accompanying sensor so that areas outside the required plane of investigation are not in focus.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for tomographic in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Etymologically, the entry records: From tomography + -ic. The correct English form is tomographic, spelled T-O-M-O-G-R-A-P-H-I-C.

Definition

  1. 1
    Of or pertaining to imaging by the method of rotating a radiation source and the accompanying sensor so that areas outside the required plane of investigation are not in focus.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how tomographic appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. The patient was examined using a positron emission tomographic system.
  2. In the tomographic images of the 30-day-old cheeses, the gantry had to be removed with image processing techniques: first, the binarised image (grey level larger than 10⁴) was eroded with a disk of three pixels.

Etymology

From tomography + -ic.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "tomographic"?
"tomographic" is spelled T-O-M-O-G-R-A-P-H-I-C.
What does "tomographic" mean?
As an adjective, "tomographic" means: Of or pertaining to imaging by the method of rotating a radiation source and the accompanying sensor so that areas outside the required plane of investigation are not in focus.
What is the origin of the word "tomographic"?
From tomography + -ic. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "tomographic", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list