chrysotile
/ˈkɹɪs.ə.tɪl/noun
chrysotile is spelled C-H-R-Y-S-O-T-I-L-E: 10 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 24 million words in written English, the 148,541st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, chrysotile means “A fibrous silicate mineral with the chemical formula Mg₃(Si₂O₅)(OH)₄; a form of serpentine asbestos” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of chrysotile is chrysotiles.
How many letters and syllables are in chrysotile?
| Letters | 10: C-H-R-Y-S-O-T-I-L-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 24 million words; the 148,541st most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
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 chrysotile?
Chrysotile appears about once in every 24 million words in written English, the 148,541st 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 chrysotile?
- US /ˈkɹɪs.ə.tɪl/
Chrysotile has 3 syllables (counted from the pronunciation).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What rhymes with chrysotile?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as chrysotile (/ɪsətɪl/).
Spelled with the same letters in another order: chrysolite.
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 chrysotile
- chrysotiles plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does chrysotile mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A fibrous silicate mineral with the chemical formula Mg₃(Si₂O₅)(OH)₄; a form of serpentine asbestos.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Chrysotile in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense mineral:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Portuguese | crisotila |
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.