clavicle
/ˈklæv.ɪk.əl/
"clavicle" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“clavicle” is uncommon English (frequency #52,222 among 5,599 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #52,222
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The collarbone; the prominent bone at the top of the chest between the shoulder and the neck connecting the shoulder and the breastbone.
Corpus desk
Index EN-clavicle · clavicle · English
clavicle · rank #52,222 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #52,222
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH coalesced
Nearest frequency peer: coalesced (+2 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 “clavicle”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Choe
Choe
47,784 corpus weight
- chorale
chorale
47,783 corpus weight
- Chowdhury
Chowdhury
47,782 corpus weight
- clavicle
clavicle
47,779 corpus weight
- coalesced
coalesced
47,777 corpus weight
- Colliers
Colliers
47,773 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “clavicle” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | clavicle |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈklæv.ɪk.əl/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #52,222 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “clavicle” in English
Rare enough to double-check
clavicle is uncommon English at frequency #52,222 among 5,599 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈklæv.ɪk.əl/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for clavicle, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Middle French clavicule, from Latin clāvicula (“a small key”), diminutive of clāvis (“a key”). The correct English form is clavicle, spelled C-L-A-V-I-C-L-E.
Definition
- 1The collarbone; the prominent bone at the top of the chest between the shoulder and the neck connecting the shoulder and the breastbone.
- 2The upper part of a spiral shell.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how clavicle appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Mr. Trump then used his free hand to lunge towards Bobby Engel, and, when Mr. Ornato had recounted the story to me, he had motioned towards his clavicles.
And you worked a lot too. You were thin from biking around all day; your protruding clavicles collected rainwater.
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French clavicule, from Latin clāvicula (“a small key”), diminutive of clāvis (“a key”).
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); 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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