shoulder blade
"shoulder-blade" is a 13-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“shoulder blade” 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) - Either of the large flat bones at the back of the shoulder.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | shoulder blade |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “shoulder blade” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
shoulder blade is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Either of the large flat bones at the back of the shoulder.".
No misspelling variants are generated for shoulder blade in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English schuldre blad. The correct English form is shoulder blade, spelled S-H-O-U-L-D-E-R- -B-L-A-D-E.
Definition
- 1Either of the large flat bones at the back of the shoulder.
Etymology
From Middle English schuldre blad.
Synonyms
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “shoulder blade”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is S-H-O-U-L-D-E-R- -B-L-A-D-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.