obstetrical
"obstetrical" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“obstetrical” is uncommon English (frequency #87,628 among 1,431 “O” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #87,628
- frequency rank, English
- 1,431
- “O” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Alternative form of obstetric.
Corpus desk
Index EN-obstetrical · obstetrical · English
obstetrical · rank #87,628 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #87,628
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,431
- PHOTO-FINISH O'Fallon
Nearest frequency peer: O'Fallon (-3 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 “obstetrical”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- NVDA
NVDA
12,381 corpus weight
- Nyborg
Nyborg
12,379 corpus weight
- nystagmus
nystagmus
12,378 corpus weight
- O'Fallon
O'Fallon
12,376 corpus weight
- obstetrical
obstetrical
12,373 corpus weight
- Onitsha
Onitsha
12,367 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “obstetrical” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | obstetrical |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #87,628 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “obstetrical” in English
Rare enough to double-check
obstetrical is uncommon English at frequency #87,628 among 1,431 “O” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Alternative form of obstetric.".
obstetrical doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct English form is obstetrical, spelled O-B-S-T-E-T-R-I-C-A-L.
Definition
- 1Alternative form of obstetric.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how obstetrical appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
the inventor of the story of the birth of Minerva from the brain of Jupiter knew quite well that such obstetrical operations were not feasible
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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