humerus
/ˈhjuːməɹəs/
"humerus" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“humerus” is a moderately-common English word, ranked #40,743 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #40,743
- frequency rank, English
- 7
- letters
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The bone of the upper arm.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | humerus |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈhjuːməɹəs/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #40,743 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “humerus” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for humerus is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈhjuːməɹəs/. Corpus data places it at rank #40,743 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "The bone of the upper arm.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for humerus, with forms such as "hhumerus", "hmuerus", and "huemrus". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "hummus", "humorous", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₃émsosder. Latin umerus Late Latin humeruslbor. English humerus Learned borrowing from Late Latin humerus, from umerus. Cognate with Spanish hombro (“shoulder”). The correct English form is humerus, spelled H-U-M-E-R-U-S.
Definition
- 1The bone of the upper arm.
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₃émsosder. Latin umerus Late Latin humeruslbor. English humerus Learned borrowing from Late Latin humerus, from umerus. Cognate with Spanish hombro (“shoulder”).
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: hhumerus,hmuerus,huemrus,humerrus,humersu,humeruss,humeurs,hummerus,humreus,uhmerus
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of humerus - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 “humerus”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is H-U-M-E-R-U-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈhjuːməɹəs/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “hummus” - see the side-by-side comparison. humerus vs hummus
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
Data Source
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.