# spinal

> English word · Adjective · IPA /spaɪ.nəl/ · frequency rank #8,985

## Definitions
1. Of or relating to the spine.
2. Of or relating to the spine.
3. Of or relating to the spine.

## Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin spīnālis (“of or belonging to the spine”), from spīna (“a prickle, spine”) + -ālis (“-al”, adjectival suffix). By surface analysis, spine + -al.

## Easily confused with
- **spine** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spinal-vs-spine)
- **spins** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spinal-vs-spins)
- **spiny** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spinal-vs-spiny)
- **spiral** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spinal-vs-spiral)
- **spindle** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spinal-vs-spindle)
- **spin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spin-vs-spinal)
- **Sina** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sina-vs-spinal)
- **spill** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spill-vs-spinal)
- **Sinai** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sinai-vs-spinal)
- **spina** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spina-vs-spinal)
- **spiel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spiel-vs-spinal)
- **signal** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/signal-vs-spinal)
- **spinach** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spinach-vs-spinal)
- **seminal** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seminal-vs-spinal)

## Common misspellings (9)
`psinal`, `sipnal`, `spianl`, `spinall`, `spinla`, `spinnal`, `spnial`, `sppinal`, `sspinal`

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