ulna
/ˈʌlnə/
"ulna" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“ulna” is uncommon English (frequency #63,331 among 1,433 “U” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #63,331
- frequency rank, English
- 1,433
- “U” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The bone of the forearm that extends from the elbow to the wrist on the side opposite to the thumb, corresponding to the fibula of the hind limb. Also, the corresponding bone in the forelimb of any...
Corpus desk
Index EN-ulna · ulna · English
ulna · rank #63,331 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #63,331
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,433
- PHOTO-FINISH Ulan
Nearest frequency peer: Ulan (-1 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 “ulna”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Ulan
Ulan
36,671 corpus weight
- ulna
ulna
36,670 corpus weight
- unacknowled…
unacknowledged
36,669 corpus weight
- uncollected
uncollected
36,668 corpus weight
- uncompleted
uncompleted
36,667 corpus weight
- uncontrover…
uncontroversial
36,666 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “ulna” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ulna |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈʌlnə/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #63,331 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “ulna” in English
Rare enough to double-check
ulna is uncommon English at frequency #63,331 among 1,433 “U” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈʌlnə/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The bone of the forearm that extends from the elbow to the wrist on the side opposite to the thumb, corresponding to the fibula of the hind limb. Also, the corresponding bone in the forelimb of any...".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for ulna, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Latin ulna (“elbow”). Doublet of ell. The correct English form is ulna, spelled U-L-N-A.
Definition
- 1The bone of the forearm that extends from the elbow to the wrist on the side opposite to the thumb, corresponding to the fibula of the hind limb. Also, the corresponding bone in the forelimb of any vertebrate.
Etymology
From Latin ulna (“elbow”). Doublet of ell.
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); 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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