tuberosity
/ˌtjuːbəˈrɒsɪti/
"tuberosity" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“tuberosity” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The condition of being tuberous
Corpus desk
Index EN-tuberosity · tuberosity · English
tuberosity · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "T" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | tuberosity |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˌtjuːbəˈrɒsɪti/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “tuberosity” in English
Rare enough to double-check
tuberosity is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˌtjuːbəˈrɒsɪti/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for tuberosity, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From tuber + -osity. The correct English form is tuberosity, spelled T-U-B-E-R-O-S-I-T-Y.
Definition
- 1The condition of being tuberous
- 2A rounded protuberance, at the end of a bone, to which a muscle or tendon is attached.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how tuberosity appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The basitemporal platform is flat in posterior view because the mamillar tuberosities are very weakly developed.
The superior aspect of the supramarginal gyrus lies underneath the euryon, which corresponds to the most prominent point of the parietal tuberosity or bossa […]
Etymology
From tuber + -osity.
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.