USMLE
"usmle" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“USMLE” is uncommon English (frequency #96,625 among 1,433 “U” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #96,625
- frequency rank, English
- 1,433
- “U” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Initialism of United States Medical Licensing Examination: a test which medical graduates from other countries must pass to obtain the right to practise medicine in the USA.
Corpus desk
Index EN-usmle · USMLE · English
USMLE · rank #96,625 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #96,625
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,433
- PHOTO-FINISH Usborne
Nearest frequency peer: Usborne (-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 “USMLE”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- unselfishly
unselfishly
3,382 corpus weight
- unsexy
unsexy
3,381 corpus weight
- unsheathed
unsheathed
3,380 corpus weight
- upcycling
upcycling
3,379 corpus weight
- Usborne
Usborne
3,377 corpus weight
- USMLE
USMLE
3,376 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “USMLE” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | USMLE |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #96,625 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “USMLE” in English
Rare enough to double-check
USMLE is uncommon English at frequency #96,625 among 1,433 “U” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Initialism of United States Medical Licensing Examination: a test which medical graduates from other countries must pass to obtain the right to practise medicine in the USA.".
USMLE doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
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 USMLE, spelled U-S-M-L-E.
Definition
- 1Initialism of United States Medical Licensing Examination: a test which medical graduates from other countries must pass to obtain the right to practise medicine in the USA.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how USMLE appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
“You know my other guy who just passed his exams? He has written USMLE already. Small time now, he will leave this country.”
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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