histerectomia

/iʃ.tɛ.ɾɛk.tu.ˈmi.ɐ/

//iʃ.tɛ.ɾɛk.tu.ˈmi.ɐ// noun

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The verdict

“histerectomia” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #70,322 among 995 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#70,322
frequency rank, Portuguese
995
“H” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - remoção cirúrgica do útero

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)

Where “histerectomia” sits in Portuguese frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). histerectomia lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

histerectomia is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #70,322 among 995 “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

This word in other languages

hysterectomy(English)histerectomía(Español)hystérectomie(Français)Hysterektomie(Deutsch)

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.
What language does "histerectomia" come from?
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Using “histerectomia”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct Portuguese spelling is H-I-S-T-E-R-E-C-T-O-M-I-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as /iʃ.tɛ.ɾɛk.tu.ˈmi.ɐ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words

Other uncommon Portuguese words near this rank

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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list