collarbone

noun

"collarbone" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“collarbone” has 13 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #37,859. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#37,859
frequency rank, English
5,599
“C” headwords
13
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The bone joining the shoulder and the breastbone.

Corpus desk

Index EN-collarbone · collarbone · English

collarbone · rank #37,859 · 13 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #37,859
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,599
  • PHOTO-FINISH colonize

Nearest frequency peer: colonize (+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.

Rank peers near misspelling magnet “collarbone”

Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword

corpus weight

What this shows “collarbone” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for collarbone
PropertyValue
Headwordcollarbone
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters10
Frequency rank#37,859
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “collarbone”

This scale runs from the tiny cluster of words that carry ordinary speech (left) to the long tail of words almost nobody reaches for (right).collarbonelands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

The axis is logarithmic, with each marked tick roughly ten times rarer than the last. Same rarity band neighbours include “colonize” (#37,860), “condolence” (#37,861), “clinching” (#37,856). Among 5,599 “C” headwords, “collarbone” is #37,859. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around collarbone, anoun. Corpus frequency is #37,859 among 5,599 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "The bone joining the shoulder and the breastbone.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for collarbone, with forms such as "ccollarbone", "clolarbone", and "colalrbone". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English colar bane; equivalent to collar + bone. The correct English form is collarbone, spelled C-O-L-L-A-R-B-O-N-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    The bone joining the shoulder and the breastbone.

Etymology

From Middle English colar bane; equivalent to collar + bone.

Synonyms

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccollarbone
  • clolarbone
  • colalrbone
  • colarbone
  • collabrone
  • collarbbone
  • collarbnoe
  • collarboen
  • collarbonne
  • collarobne
  • collarrbone
  • collrabone
  • ocllarbone

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of collarbone - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

ccollarbone1clolarbone2colalrbone2colarbone1collabrone2collarbbone1collarbnoe2collarboen2
Edit distance from "collarbone"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "collarbone"?
"collarbone" is spelled C-O-L-L-A-R-B-O-N-E.
What does "collarbone" mean?
As a noun, "collarbone" means: The bone joining the shoulder and the breastbone.
What are common misspellings of "collarbone"?
Common misspellings include "ccollarbone", "clolarbone", "colalrbone", "colarbone", "collabrone". The correct spelling is "collarbone".
What is the origin of the word "collarbone"?
From Middle English colar bane; equivalent to collar + bone. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "collarbone", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list