flexor
/ˈflɛksə(ɹ)/
"flexor" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“flexor” is uncommon English (frequency #51,117 among 2,507 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #51,117
- frequency rank, English
- 2,507
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A muscle whose contraction acts to bend a joint or limb.
Corpus desk
Index EN-flexor · flexor · English
flexor · rank #51,117 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #51,117
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,507
- PHOTO-FINISH flecks
Nearest frequency peer: flecks (-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 “flexor”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- fibreglass
fibreglass
48,889 corpus weight
- flaking
flaking
48,887 corpus weight
- flecks
flecks
48,885 corpus weight
- flexor
flexor
48,884 corpus weight
- Flintshire
Flintshire
48,883 corpus weight
- FRC
FRC
48,879 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “flexor” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | flexor |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈflɛksə(ɹ)/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #51,117 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “flexor” in English
Rare enough to double-check
flexor is uncommon English at frequency #51,117 among 2,507 “F” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈflɛksə(ɹ)/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A muscle whose contraction acts to bend a joint or limb.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for flexor in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: From New Latin flexor, agent noun of flectō (“I bend”). The correct English form is flexor, spelled F-L-E-X-O-R.
Definition
- 1A muscle whose contraction acts to bend a joint or limb.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how flexor appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Starting at the point of shoulder, use muscle squeezings, picking-ups, kneadings and gentle frictions, interspersed with effleurages, over the triceps muscle as well as the fleshy part of the flexor and extensor muscle groups.
Etymology
From New Latin flexor, agent noun of flectō (“I bend”).
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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