sartorius
/sɑː(ɹ)ˈtɔːɹ.i.əs/
"sartorius" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“sartorius” is an uncommon English word, ranked #64,685 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #64,685
- frequency rank, English
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A long, slender muscle that runs from the iliac crest along the anterior and medial aspects of the thigh to the proximal tibia, superficial to the quadriceps musculature; the longest muscle in the ...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | sartorius |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /sɑː(ɹ)ˈtɔːɹ.i.əs/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #64,685 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “sartorius” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for sartorius is 9 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /sɑː(ɹ)ˈtɔːɹ.i.əs/. Corpus data places it at rank #64,685 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "A long, slender muscle that runs from the iliac crest along the anterior and medial aspects of the thigh to the proximal tibia, superficial to the quadriceps musculature; the longest muscle in the ...".
No generated misspelling entries exist for sartorius in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Latin sartor (“tailor, mender”) + -ius. The connection with this occupation follows from the fact that tailors typically worked in a seated position with fabric spread out in their lap, resting the ankle of one lower leg on the opposite knee for suppor… The correct English form is sartorius, spelled S-A-R-T-O-R-I-U-S.
Definition
- 1A long, slender muscle that runs from the iliac crest along the anterior and medial aspects of the thigh to the proximal tibia, superficial to the quadriceps musculature; the longest muscle in the human body.
Etymology
From Latin sartor (“tailor, mender”) + -ius. The connection with this occupation follows from the fact that tailors typically worked in a seated position with fabric spread out in their lap, resting the ankle of one lower leg on the opposite knee for support. The sartorius muscle is important to maintaining this posture.
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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Using “sartorius”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is S-A-R-T-O-R-I-U-S - 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.