melanoma

[melaˈnoma]

/[melaˈnoma]/ noun

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for melanoma
PropertyValue
Headwordmelanoma
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[melaˈnoma]
Letters8
Frequency rank#61,743
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cola larga: rango de “melanoma” en español

De izquierda a derecha: las pocas palabras que cargan el habla diaria, luego la cola larga casi invisible.melanomacae en esta cola de rareza:

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

Los ticks avanzan en logaritmo; cada uno es del orden de diez veces más raro. Vecinos raros de la misma franja: “mentimos” (#61,744), “merci” (#61,745), “merecidos” (#61,746). Entre 3,868 lemas con “M”, “melanoma” va en #61,743. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

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

  1. 1
    Tumor formado a partir de las células que tienen melanina

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. El melanoma es una afección por la cual las células que dan coloración a la piel, llamadas melanocitos, se vuelven cancerosas.

Synonyms

tumor melánicocáncer de piel

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 "melanoma"?
"melanoma" is spelled M-E-L-A-N-O-M-A. The IPA pronunciation is [melaˈnoma].
What does "melanoma" mean?
As a noun, "melanoma" means: Tumor formado a partir de las células que tienen melanina
How do you pronounce "melanoma"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "melanoma" is [melaˈnoma]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list