chrysolite
/ˈkɹɪs.əˌlaɪt/
"chrysolite" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“chrysolite” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Originally, any of various green-coloured gems; later specifically peridot.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | chrysolite |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈkɹɪs.əˌlaɪt/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “chrysolite” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
chrysolite is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈkɹɪs.əˌlaɪt/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Originally, any of various green-coloured gems; later specifically peridot.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for chrysolite, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English crisolite, from Old French crisolite, from Medieval Latin crisolitus, Latin chrȳsolithus, from Ancient Greek χρῡσόλιθος (khrūsólithos), from χρῡσός (khrūsós, “gold”) + λίθος (líthos, “stone”). By surface analysis, chryso- (“pertaining to… The correct English form is chrysolite, spelled C-H-R-Y-S-O-L-I-T-E.
Definition
- 1Originally, any of various green-coloured gems; later specifically peridot.
Etymology
From Middle English crisolite, from Old French crisolite, from Medieval Latin crisolitus, Latin chrȳsolithus, from Ancient Greek χρῡσόλιθος (khrūsólithos), from χρῡσός (khrūsós, “gold”) + λίθος (líthos, “stone”). By surface analysis, chryso- (“pertaining to gold”) + -lite (“pertaining to rocks, minerals”).
This word in other languages
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 “chrysolite”
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- The one correct English spelling is C-H-R-Y-S-O-L-I-T-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.