cubitus
\ky.bi.tys\
The verdict
“cubitus” is uncommon French (frequency #64,356 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #64,356
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Plus long des deux os de l’avant-bras, au côté du petit doigt, dont l’extrémité supérieure forme le coude.
Corpus desk
Index FR-cubitus · cubitus · French
cubitus · rank #64,356 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #64,356
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH cusset
Nearest frequency peer: cusset (+1 rank slots)
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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « cubitus »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- croyiez
croyiez
35,649 corpus weight
- cryptées
cryptées
35,648 corpus weight
- crémeuse
crémeuse
35,647 corpus weight
- cubitus
cubitus
35,645 corpus weight
- cusset
cusset
35,644 corpus weight
- Cybèle
Cybèle
35,643 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « cubitus » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cubitus |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ky.bi.tys\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #64,356 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « cubitus » en français
Rare enough to double-check
cubitus is uncommon French at frequency #64,356 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ky.bi.tys\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for cubitus in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is cubitus, spelled C-U-B-I-T-U-S.
Definition
- 1Plus long des deux os de l’avant-bras, au côté du petit doigt, dont l’extrémité supérieure forme le coude.
- 2Ulna. Le mot cubitus était utilisé dans l’ancienne nomenclature anatomique.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how cubitus appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Une autre cause de cette plus grande flexibilité consiste dans la manière dont le triquetrum s'articule avec le cubitus. Le cubitus se termine en pointe et n'a par conséquent qu'un très petit point de contact avec le triquetrum qui est entièrement libre.
La main était déviée vers le bord radial et repoussée en dehors par le cubitus qui s’accroissait normalement en longueur et dont la tête faisait une forte saillie en dedans et en arrière.
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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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