craniotomy
"craniotomy" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“craniotomy” is uncommon English (frequency #97,978 among 5,599 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #97,978
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The surgical procedure for removing a part of the skull, called a bone flap, prior to a treatment. The bone flap is replaced at the end of the operation.
Corpus desk
Index EN-craniotomy · craniotomy · English
craniotomy · rank #97,978 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #97,978
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH Creagh
Nearest frequency peer: Creagh (+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 “craniotomy”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Cotterell
Cotterell
2,027 corpus weight
- courseware
courseware
2,026 corpus weight
- CPEC
CPEC
2,025 corpus weight
- craniotomy
craniotomy
2,023 corpus weight
- Creagh
Creagh
2,022 corpus weight
- Crossan
Crossan
2,019 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “craniotomy” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | craniotomy |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #97,978 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “craniotomy” in English
Rare enough to double-check
craniotomy is uncommon English at frequency #97,978 among 5,599 “C” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The surgical procedure for removing a part of the skull, called a bone flap, prior to a treatment. The bone flap is replaced at the end of the operation.".
craniotomy doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: From cranio- + -tomy. The correct English form is craniotomy, spelled C-R-A-N-I-O-T-O-M-Y.
Definition
- 1The surgical procedure for removing a part of the skull, called a bone flap, prior to a treatment. The bone flap is replaced at the end of the operation.
Etymology
From cranio- + -tomy.
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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