astragalus
"astragalus" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“astragalus” is uncommon English (frequency #79,275 among 3,931 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #79,275
- frequency rank, English
- 3,931
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Synonym of anklebone.
Corpus desk
Index EN-astragalus · astragalus · English
astragalus · rank #79,275 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #79,275
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,931
- PHOTO-FINISH assize
Nearest frequency peer: assize (-1 rank slots)
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.
Long-tail ranks near “astragalus”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Ashbury
Ashbury
20,731 corpus weight
- assiduous
assiduous
20,728 corpus weight
- assize
assize
20,727 corpus weight
- astragalus
astragalus
20,726 corpus weight
- bailee
bailee
20,717 corpus weight
- bailiwick
bailiwick
20,716 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “astragalus” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | astragalus |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #79,275 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “astragalus” in English
Rare enough to double-check
astragalus is uncommon English at frequency #79,275 among 3,931 “A” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
astragalus has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Latin astragalus, from Ancient Greek ἀστράγαλος (astrágalos). Doublet of astragal. The correct English form is astragalus, spelled A-S-T-R-A-G-A-L-U-S.
Definition
- 1Synonym of anklebone.
- 2Synonym of milkvetch: a plant of the genus Astragalus.
Etymology
From Latin astragalus, from Ancient Greek ἀστράγαλος (astrágalos). Doublet of astragal.
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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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