histerectomia

/iʃ.tɛ.ɾɛk.tu.ˈmi.ɐ/

//iʃ.tɛ.ɾɛk.tu.ˈmi.ɐ// noun

The verdict

“histerectomia” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #70,322 among 409 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#70,322
frequency rank, Portuguese
409
“H” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - remoção cirúrgica do útero

Corpus desk

Index PT-histerectomia · histerectomia · Portuguese

histerectomia · rank #70,322 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #70,322
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 409
  • PHOTO-FINISH identicamente

Nearest frequency peer: identicamente (+14 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.

Ranks da cauda longa perto de “histerectomia”

Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “histerectomia” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for histerectomia
PropertyValue
Headwordhisterectomia
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/iʃ.tɛ.ɾɛk.tu.ˈmi.ɐ/
Letters13
Frequency rank#70,322
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “histerectomia” em português

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).histerectomiacai nesta cauda de raridade:

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

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “identicamente” (#70,336), “gramofone” (#70,302), “importunar” (#70,342). Entre 409 lemas com “H”, “histerectomia” fica em #70,322. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

histerectomia is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #70,322 among 409 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /iʃ.tɛ.ɾɛk.tu.ˈmi.ɐ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "remoção cirúrgica do útero".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for histerectomia, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Portuguese form is histerectomia, spelled H-I-S-T-E-R-E-C-T-O-M-I-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    remoção cirúrgica do útero

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Não poderia ser inseminação artificial, porque Clara se submetera em 1979 a uma histerectomia (remoção do útero), após três abortos espontâneos.

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

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "histerectomia"?
"histerectomia" is spelled H-I-S-T-E-R-E-C-T-O-M-I-A. The IPA pronunciation is /iʃ.tɛ.ɾɛk.tu.ˈmi.ɐ/.
What does "histerectomia" mean?
As a noun, "histerectomia" means: remoção cirúrgica do útero
How do you pronounce "histerectomia"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "histerectomia" is /iʃ.tɛ.ɾɛk.tu.ˈmi.ɐ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list