armbone

noun

"armbone" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“armbone” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
7
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A bone in the arm, specifically, the humerus.

Corpus desk

Index EN-armbone · armbone · English

armbone · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "A" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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Key facts for armbone
PropertyValue
Headwordarmbone
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters7
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “armbone” in English

armboneranks outside the top 100,000 English headwords, in the long tail of specialist, archaic, or seldom-used vocabulary, exactly the territory where a reader stops mid-sentence to double-check spelling.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

armbone is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A bone in the arm, specifically, the humerus.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for armbone in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Etymologically, the entry records: From arm + bone. The correct English form is armbone, spelled A-R-M-B-O-N-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    A bone in the arm, specifically, the humerus.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Before their wondering eyes they saw him suddenly wrench the ogre's arm backward and snap the armbone from the shoulder.

Etymology

From arm + bone.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "armbone"?
"armbone" is spelled A-R-M-B-O-N-E.
What does "armbone" mean?
As a noun, "armbone" means: A bone in the arm, specifically, the humerus.
What is the origin of the word "armbone"?
From arm + bone. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list