tumor

/[t̪uˈmoɾ]/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#10,238

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

tumor is aSpanishnoun. It means: Crecimiento anormal de los tejidos ocasionado por la multiplicación consecutiva y descontrolada de las células, en un animal o en una planta. Pronounced [t̪uˈmoɾ]. Often confused with Tur and tuvo.

Key facts for tumor
PropertyValue
Headwordtumor
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[t̪uˈmoɾ]
Letters5
Frequency rank#10,238
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of tumor in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for tumor is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [t̪uˈmoɾ]. Corpus data places it at rank #10,238 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Crecimiento anormal de los tejidos ocasionado por la multiplicación consecutiva y descontrolada de las células, en un animal o en una planta.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for tumor, with forms such as "tmuor", "ttumor", and "tummor". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Tur", "tuvo", "tuyo", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is tumor, spelled T-U-M-O-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Crecimiento anormal de los tejidos ocasionado por la multiplicación consecutiva y descontrolada de las células, en un animal o en una planta.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: tmuor,ttumor,tummor,tumorr,tumro,tuomr,utmor

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for tumor

Misspelling Variants of "tumor"

tmuor5ttumor6tummor6tumorr6tumro5tuomr5utmor5
Misspelling Variants of "tumor"

Frequency rank: #10,238 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "tumor"?
"tumor" is spelled T-U-M-O-R. The IPA pronunciation is [t̪uˈmoɾ].
What does "tumor" mean?
As a noun, "tumor" means: Crecimiento anormal de los tejidos ocasionado por la multiplicación consecutiva y descontrolada de las células, en un animal o en una planta.
What words are commonly confused with "tumor"?
"tumor" is commonly confused with "Tur", "tuvo", "tuyo". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "tumor"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "tumor" is [t̪uˈmoɾ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "tumor" come from?
"tumor" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.