clavicle
/ˈklæv.ɪk.əl/
"clavicle" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“clavicle” is uncommon English (frequency #52,222 among 43,570 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #52,222
- frequency rank, English
- 43,570
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The collarbone; the prominent bone at the top of the chest between the shoulder and the neck connecting the shoulder and the breastbone.
| 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) |
Where “clavicle” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
clavicle is uncommon English at frequency #52,222 among 43,570 “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.
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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Using “clavicle”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is C-L-A-V-I-C-L-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.