ulnar nerve
"ulnar-nerve" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“ulnar nerve” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - a nerve that runs near the ulna, one of the two long bones in the forearm.
Corpus desk
Index EN-ulnar-nerve · ulnar nerve · English
ulnar nerve · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "U" 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 | ulnar nerve |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “ulnar nerve” in English
Rare enough to double-check
ulnar nerve is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "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.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how ulnar nerve appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Static, like electric prickles down her arms. The ulnar nerves through the elbow to her smallest fingers.
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.