intervertebral
"intervertebral" is a 14-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“intervertebral” is uncommon English (frequency #79,635 among 17,902 “I” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #79,635
- frequency rank, English
- 17,902
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Between the vertebrae
Corpus desk
Index EN-intervertebral · intervertebral · English
intervertebral · rank #79,635 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #79,635
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 17,902
- PHOTO-FINISH invariable
Nearest frequency peer: invariable (+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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “intervertebral”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
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20,366 corpus weight
- invariable
invariable
20,365 corpus weight
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20,361 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “intervertebral” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | intervertebral |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 14 |
| Frequency rank | #79,635 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “intervertebral” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
intervertebral is uncommon English at frequency #79,635 among 17,902 “I” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Between the vertebrae".
intervertebral has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: From inter- + vertebral. The correct English form is intervertebral, spelled I-N-T-E-R-V-E-R-T-E-B-R-A-L.
Definition
- 1Between the vertebrae
Etymology
From inter- + vertebral.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 14 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.