spinal cord
/ˈspaɪ.nəl ˈkɔɹd/
"spinal-cord" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“spinal cord” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A thick, whitish cord of nerve tissue which is a major part of the vertebrate central nervous system. It extends from the brain stem down through the spine, with nerves branching off to various par...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | spinal cord |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈspaɪ.nəl ˈkɔɹd/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “spinal cord” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
spinal cord is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈspaɪ.nəl ˈkɔɹd/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A thick, whitish cord of nerve tissue which is a major part of the vertebrate central nervous system. It extends from the brain stem down through the spine, with nerves branching off to various par...".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for spinal cord, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct English form is spinal cord, spelled S-P-I-N-A-L- -C-O-R-D.
Definition
- 1A thick, whitish cord of nerve tissue which is a major part of the vertebrate central nervous system. It extends from the brain stem down through the spine, with nerves branching off to various parts of the body.
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 “spinal cord”
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- The one correct English spelling is S-P-I-N-A-L- -C-O-R-D - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈspaɪ.nəl ˈkɔɹd/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.