melanoma
[melaˈnoma]
The verdict
“melanoma” is an uncommon Spanish word, ranked #61,743 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #61,743
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Tumor formado a partir de las células que tienen melanina
| 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) |
Where “melanoma” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for melanoma is 8 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [melaˈnoma]. Corpus data places it at rank #61,743 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "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
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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Using “melanoma”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is M-E-L-A-N-O-M-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [melaˈnoma] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.