sagittal
/ˈsad͡ʒ.ɪ.təl/
"sagittal" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“sagittal” is uncommon English (frequency #71,873 among 54,294 “S” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #71,873
- frequency rank, English
- 54,294
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Relating to or denoting the suture on top of the skull which runs between the parietal bones in a front to back direction.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | sagittal |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈsad͡ʒ.ɪ.təl/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #71,873 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “sagittal” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
sagittal is uncommon English at frequency #71,873 among 54,294 “S” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˈsad͡ʒ.ɪ.təl/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for sagittal in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: Late Middle English, from Medieval Latin sagittālis, from sagitta (“an arrow, shaft, bolt”) + -ālis (“-al”, adjectival suffix). The correct English form is sagittal, spelled S-A-G-I-T-T-A-L.
Definition
- 1Relating to or denoting the suture on top of the skull which runs between the parietal bones in a front to back direction.
- 2Relating to or denoting the suture on top of the skull which runs between the parietal bones in a front to back direction.
- 3Of or relating to an arrow; resembling an arrow; furnished with an arrowlike appendage.
Etymology
Late Middle English, from Medieval Latin sagittālis, from sagitta (“an arrow, shaft, bolt”) + -ālis (“-al”, adjectival suffix).
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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- The one correct English spelling is S-A-G-I-T-T-A-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.