calcaneus
"calcaneus" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“calcaneus” 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 large bone making up the heel of the human foot, the heel bone.
Corpus desk
Index EN-calcaneus · calcaneus · English
calcaneus · 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 "C" 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 | calcaneus |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “calcaneus” in English
Rare enough to double-check
calcaneus is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The large bone making up the heel of the human foot, the heel bone.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for calcaneus, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Latin calcāneus (“heel”), rare form of calx (“heel”). The correct English form is calcaneus, spelled C-A-L-C-A-N-E-U-S.
Definition
- 1The large bone making up the heel of the human foot, the heel bone.
Etymology
From Latin calcāneus (“heel”), rare form of calx (“heel”).
Synonyms
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.