gluteal
"gluteal" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“gluteal” is uncommon English (frequency #89,405 among 2,313 “G” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #89,405
- frequency rank, English
- 2,313
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Relating to the buttocks.
Corpus desk
Index EN-gluteal · gluteal · English
gluteal · rank #89,405 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #89,405
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,313
- PHOTO-FINISH GMR
Nearest frequency peer: GMR (+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 “gluteal”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Gifu
Gifu
10,600 corpus weight
- giz
giz
10,598 corpus weight
- gluteal
gluteal
10,596 corpus weight
- GMR
GMR
10,595 corpus weight
- Gokhale
Gokhale
10,594 corpus weight
- goos
goos
10,592 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “gluteal” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | gluteal |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #89,405 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “gluteal” in English
Rare enough to double-check
gluteal is uncommon English at frequency #89,405 among 2,313 “G” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Relating to the buttocks.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for gluteal, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. 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 gluteus + -al. The correct English form is gluteal, spelled G-L-U-T-E-A-L.
Definition
- 1Relating to the buttocks.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how gluteal appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
These [boys being groomed as prostitutes] are sold by their parents (sometimes stolen from them), about the age of 4, and educated, while they are also subjected to a special physical training, which includes massage of the gluteal regions to favor development, dilatation of the anus, and epilation (which is not, however, practised by Chinese women).
Etymology
From gluteus + -al.
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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