fishbone
"fishbone" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“fishbone” is uncommon English (frequency #88,339 among 2,507 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #88,339
- frequency rank, English
- 2,507
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A bone from a fish.
Corpus desk
Index EN-fishbone · fishbone · English
fishbone · rank #88,339 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #88,339
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,507
- PHOTO-FINISH fisc
Nearest frequency peer: fisc (-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 “fishbone”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Fierro
Fierro
11,666 corpus weight
- firebug
firebug
11,664 corpus weight
- fisc
fisc
11,663 corpus weight
- fishbone
fishbone
11,662 corpus weight
- flails
flails
11,659 corpus weight
- flashcard
flashcard
11,657 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “fishbone” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | fishbone |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #88,339 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “fishbone” in English
Rare enough to double-check
fishbone is uncommon English at frequency #88,339 among 2,507 “F” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
fishbone has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From fish + bone. The correct English form is fishbone, spelled F-I-S-H-B-O-N-E.
Definition
- 1A bone from a fish.
- 2Something with an appearance or structure suggestive of a fish's skeleton.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how fishbone appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
He choked on a fishbone.
a faint fishbone pattern etched across the glass
Etymology
From fish + bone.
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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