occipital bone
"occipital-bone" is a 13-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“occipital bone” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The bone at the back of the skull in humans and various other animals.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | occipital bone |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “occipital bone” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
occipital bone is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The bone at the back of the skull in humans and various other animals.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for occipital bone, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. 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 Latin occiput; compare ob- (“towards, against”) and caput (“head”) The correct English form is occipital bone, spelled O-C-C-I-P-I-T-A-L- -B-O-N-E.
Definition
- 1The bone at the back of the skull in humans and various other animals.
Etymology
From Latin occiput; compare ob- (“towards, against”) and caput (“head”)
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “occipital bone”
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- The one correct English spelling is O-C-C-I-P-I-T-A-L- -B-O-N-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.