mastectomia

noun

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The verdict

“mastectomia” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #64,934 among 2,261 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#64,934
frequency rank, Portuguese
2,261
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - remoção parcial ou total do tecido da mama

Key facts for mastectomia
PropertyValue
Headwordmastectomia
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters11
Frequency rank#64,934
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “mastectomia” 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). mastectomia 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

mastectomia is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #64,934 among 2,261 “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

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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Using “mastectomia”

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

  • The one correct Portuguese spelling is M-A-S-T-E-C-T-O-M-I-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • 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