aluminosilicate
alumino·sili·catenoun
aluminosilicate is spelled A-L-U-M-I-N-O-S-I-L-I-C-A-T-E: 15 letters and 3 syllables (alumino·sili·cate). It appears about once in every 30 million words in written English, the 167,786th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, aluminosilicate means “Any of many silicate minerals, such as feldspar and zeolite, in which a proportion of the Si⁴⁺ ions are replaced by Al³⁺, the excess negative charge…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of aluminosilicate is aluminosilicates.
How many letters and syllables are in aluminosilicate?
| Letters | 15: A-L-U-M-I-N-O-S-I-L-I-C-A-T-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3: alumino·sili·cate |
| In writing | about once in every 30 million words; the 167,786th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is aluminosilicate?
Aluminosilicate appears about once in every 30 million words in written English, the 167,786th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce aluminosilicate?
Aluminosilicate has 3 syllables, split alumino·sili·cate in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of aluminosilicate
- aluminosilicates plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does aluminosilicate mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Any of many silicate minerals, such as feldspar and zeolite, in which a proportion of the Si⁴⁺ ions are replaced by Al³⁺, the excess negative charge being balanced by extra sodium, potassium or calcium ions.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Aluminosilicate in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense any silicate mineral in which some Si4+ ions are replaced by Al3+:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Portuguese | aluminossilicato |
| Spanish | aluminosilicato |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does aluminosilicate come from?
From alumino- + silicate.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).