# orbital

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ɔː.bɪt.əl/ · frequency rank #13,205

## Definitions
1. Of or relating to, or forming an orbit (such as the orbit of a moon, planet, or spacecraft).
2. Of or relating to the eye socket (eyehole).
3. (of roads, railways) Passing around the outside of an urban area.

## Etymology
Borrowed from Medieval Latin orbitālis, from orbita (“a track or rut; a circuit, orbit”) + -ālis (“-al”, adjectival suffix), equivalent to orbit + -al. Doublet of orbitalis.

## Easily confused with
- **orbiter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/orbital-vs-orbiter)
- **ordinal** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/orbital-vs-ordinal)
- **orbit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/orbit-vs-orbital)

## Common misspellings (10)
`obrital`, `orbbital`, `orbiatl`, `orbitall`, `orbitla`, `orbittal`, `orbtial`, `oribtal`, `orrbital`, `robital`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/orbital