melanoma
[melaˈnoma]
The verdict
“melanoma” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #61,743 among 3,868 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #61,743
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 3,868
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tumor formado a partir de las células que tienen melanina
Corpus desk
Index ES-melanoma · melanoma · Spanish
melanoma · rank #61,743 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #61,743
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,868
- PHOTO-FINISH mentimos
Nearest frequency peer: mentimos (+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 “melanoma”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- marshal
marshal
38,263 corpus weight
- melanoma
melanoma
38,258 corpus weight
- mentimos
mentimos
38,257 corpus weight
- merci
merci
38,256 corpus weight
- merecidos
merecidos
38,255 corpus weight
- merlot
merlot
38,254 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “melanoma” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | melanoma |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [melaˈnoma] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #61,743 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “melanoma” en español
Rare enough to double-check
melanoma is uncommon Spanish at frequency #61,743 among 3,868 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [melaˈnoma]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Tumor formado a partir de las células que tienen melanina".
melanoma has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is melanoma, spelled M-E-L-A-N-O-M-A.
Definition
- 1Tumor formado a partir de las células que tienen melanina
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how melanoma appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
El melanoma es una afección por la cual las células que dan coloración a la piel, llamadas melanocitos, se vuelven cancerosas.
Synonyms
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.
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