mastectomia

noun

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The verdict

“mastectomia” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #64,934 among 1,087 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#64,934
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,087
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - remoção parcial ou total do tecido da mama

Corpus desk

Index PT-mastectomia · mastectomia · Portuguese

mastectomia · rank #64,934 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #64,934
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,087
  • PHOTO-FINISH martelada

Nearest frequency peer: martelada (-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.

Ranks da cauda longa perto de “mastectomia”

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for mastectomia
PropertyValue
Headwordmastectomia
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters11
Frequency rank#64,934
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “mastectomia” em português

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.mastectomiacai nesta cauda de raridade:

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

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “martelada” (#64,933), “materialmente” (#64,935), “maremoto” (#64,930). Entre 1,087 lemas com “M”, “mastectomia” fica em #64,934. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

mastectomia is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #64,934 among 1,087 “M” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "remoção parcial ou total do tecido da mama".

mastectomia has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is mastectomia, spelled M-A-S-T-E-C-T-O-M-I-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    remoção parcial ou total do tecido da mama

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Chamada de mastectomia profilática, a retirada da mama é uma das formas de prevenção desse tipo de câncer, que acomete 49 mil mulheres a cada ano no Brasil.

This word in other languages

mastectomy(English)mastectomía(Español)mastectomie(Français)Mastektomie(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 "mastectomia"?
"mastectomia" is spelled M-A-S-T-E-C-T-O-M-I-A.
What does "mastectomia" mean?
As a noun, "mastectomia" means: remoção parcial ou total do tecido da mama
What language does "mastectomia" come from?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

intelligent#64,874estilística#64,789concubinato#64,697arrebatador#64,624

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list