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austinite

/ˈɔstɪnaɪt/noun

austinite is spelled A-U-S-T-I-N-I-T-E: 9 letters. It appears about once in every 68 million words in written English, the 258,950th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, austinite means “A secondary mineral found in the oxidized zone of some arsenic-rich base-metal deposits” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of austinite is austinites.

How many letters and syllables are in austinite?

Letters9: A-U-S-T-I-N-I-T-E
In writingabout once in every 68 million words; the 258,950th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search
Sounds like
Rhymes with

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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.

How common is austinite?

Austinite appears about once in every 68 million words in written English, the 258,950th 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 austinite?

  • US /ˈɔstɪnaɪt/
  • /ˈɑstɪnaɪt/
  • UK /ˈɒstɪnaɪt/

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Words people confuse with austinite

Sounds like: austenite (Wiktionary's homophone list; some hold only in some accents).

Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).

What rhymes with austinite?

One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as austinite from its last stressed vowel (/ɔstɪnaɪt/):

Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).

Forms of austinite

  • austinites plural

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does austinite mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

noun

  1. 1

    rareA secondary mineral found in the oxidized zone of some arsenic-rich base-metal deposits.

noun

as Austinite
  1. 1

    A native or resident of Austin, Texas.

Usage

Wiktionary also records austinite as a common misspelling of another word in some uses; the senses above are its own.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Where does austinite come from?

From Austin + -ite, after Austin Flint Rogers, mineralogist.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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