craniotomy
"craniotomy" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“craniotomy” is uncommon English (frequency #97,978 among 43,570 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #97,978
- frequency rank, English
- 43,570
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 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.
| 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) |
Where “craniotomy” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
craniotomy is uncommon English at frequency #97,978 among 43,570 “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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Using “craniotomy”
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- The one correct English spelling is C-R-A-N-I-O-T-O-M-Y - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.