ulnar nerve
"ulnar-nerve" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“ulnar nerve” is outside the top-ranked English vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - a nerve that runs near the ulna, one of the two long bones in the forearm.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ulnar nerve |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “ulnar nerve” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for ulnar nerve is 11 letters long, classified as a noun. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "a nerve that runs near the ulna, one of the two long bones in the forearm.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for ulnar nerve, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct English form is ulnar nerve, spelled U-L-N-A-R- -N-E-R-V-E.
Definition
- 1a nerve that runs near the ulna, one of the two long bones in the forearm.
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.
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Using “ulnar nerve”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is U-L-N-A-R- -N-E-R-V-E - 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.