talus
/ˈteɪləs/
"talus" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“talus” is uncommon English (frequency #61,146 among 3,151 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #61,146
- frequency rank, English
- 3,151
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The bone of the ankle.
Corpus desk
Index EN-talus · talus · English
talus · rank #61,146 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #61,146
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,151
- PHOTO-FINISH tangentially
Nearest frequency peer: tangentially (+2 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Long-tail ranks near “talus”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- subhuman
subhuman
38,860 corpus weight
- Suzette
Suzette
38,858 corpus weight
- talus
talus
38,855 corpus weight
- tangentially
tangentially
38,853 corpus weight
- tarpaulin
tarpaulin
38,852 corpus weight
- telomere
telomere
38,850 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “talus” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| 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) |
Long-tail rank of “talus” in English
Rare enough to double-check
talus is uncommon English at frequency #61,146 among 3,151 “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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