mastectomía

[mast̪ekt̪oˈmia]

/[mast̪ekt̪oˈmia]/ noun

The verdict

“mastectomía” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #78,418 among 3,868 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#78,418
frequency rank, Spanish
3,868
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Extirpación quirúrgica parcial o total de uno o de ambos senos.

Corpus desk

Index ES-mastectomia · mastectomía · Spanish

mastectomía · rank #78,418 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #78,418
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,868
  • PHOTO-FINISH masturbando

Nearest frequency peer: masturbando (+1 rank slots)

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.

Rangos de cola larga cerca de “mastectomía”

Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “mastectomía” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for mastectomía
PropertyValue
Headwordmastectomía
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[mast̪ekt̪oˈmia]
Letters11
Frequency rank#78,418
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cola larga: rango de “mastectomía” en español

La frecuencia va del puñado de palabras que usamos sin parar (izquierda) a la cola larga que apenas aparece (derecha).mastectomíacae en esta cola de rareza:

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

La escala es logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× más rara). Vecinos raros de la misma franja: “masturbando” (#78,419), “materializada” (#78,420), “marchándose” (#78,414). Entre 3,868 lemas con “M”, “mastectomía” va en #78,418. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

mastectomía is uncommon Spanish at frequency #78,418 among 3,868 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [mast̪ekt̪oˈmia]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Extirpación quirúrgica parcial o total de uno o de ambos senos.".

mastectomía has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is mastectomía, spelled M-A-S-T-E-C-T-O-M-Í-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Extirpación quirúrgica parcial o total de uno o de ambos senos.

This word in other languages

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 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "mastectomía"?
"mastectomía" is spelled M-A-S-T-E-C-T-O-M-Í-A. The IPA pronunciation is [mast̪ekt̪oˈmia].
What does "mastectomía" mean?
As a noun, "mastectomía" means: Extirpación quirúrgica parcial o total de uno o de ambos senos.
How do you pronounce "mastectomía"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "mastectomía" is [mast̪ekt̪oˈmia]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "mastectomía" come from?
"mastectomía" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list