talus
/ˈteɪləs/
"talus" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“talus” is uncommon English (frequency #61,146 among 27,828 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #61,146
- frequency rank, English
- 27,828
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The bone of the ankle.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | talus |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈteɪləs/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #61,146 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “talus” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
talus is uncommon English at frequency #61,146 among 27,828 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈteɪləs/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The bone of the ankle.".
talus doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Latin tālus. The correct English form is talus, spelled T-A-L-U-S.
Definition
- 1The bone of the ankle.
Etymology
From Latin tālus.
Synonyms
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 “talus”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is T-A-L-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.