anklebone
/ˈaŋk(ə)lbəʊn/
"anklebone" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“anklebone” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The bone of the ankle, forming the lower part of the ankle joint and joining with the tibia and fibula.
Corpus desk
Index EN-anklebone · anklebone · English
anklebone · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | anklebone |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈaŋk(ə)lbəʊn/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “anklebone” in English
Rare enough to double-check
anklebone is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈaŋk(ə)lbəʊn/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The bone of the ankle, forming the lower part of the ankle joint and joining with the tibia and fibula.".
anklebone doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English ancle bone; equivalent to ankle + bone. The correct English form is anklebone, spelled A-N-K-L-E-B-O-N-E.
Definition
- 1The bone of the ankle, forming the lower part of the ankle joint and joining with the tibia and fibula.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how anklebone appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
And immediatly his fete ãd anclebones receaved ſtrenght / and he ſprange / ſtode / ãd alſo walked / ãd entred with them into the temple walkinge / and leapynge / and laudynge god.
Etymology
From Middle English ancle bone; equivalent to ankle + bone.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.