metacarpal
/ˌmɛt.əˈkɑː.pəl/
"metacarpal" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“metacarpal” is uncommon English (frequency #80,670 among 4,057 “M” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #80,670
- frequency rank, English
- 4,057
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Of the metacarpus.
Corpus desk
Index EN-metacarpal · metacarpal · English
metacarpal · rank #80,670 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #80,670
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,057
- PHOTO-FINISH meson
Nearest frequency peer: meson (-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 “metacarpal”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- merce
merce
19,335 corpus weight
- merk
merk
19,334 corpus weight
- Merwin
Merwin
19,333 corpus weight
- meson
meson
19,332 corpus weight
- metacarpal
metacarpal
19,331 corpus weight
- Mexicali
Mexicali
19,330 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “metacarpal” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | metacarpal |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˌmɛt.əˈkɑː.pəl/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #80,670 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “metacarpal” in English
Rare enough to double-check
metacarpal is uncommon English at frequency #80,670 among 4,057 “M” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˌmɛt.əˈkɑː.pəl/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Of the metacarpus.".
No misspelling variants are generated for metacarpal in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable 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 metacarpus + -al or metacarp- + -al. The correct English form is metacarpal, spelled M-E-T-A-C-A-R-P-A-L.
Definition
- 1Of the metacarpus.
Etymology
From metacarpus + -al or metacarp- + -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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