crystallographic
"crystallographic" is a 16-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“crystallographic” is uncommon English (frequency #67,341 among 43,570 “C” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #67,341
- frequency rank, English
- 43,570
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Of or pertaining to crystallography
Corpus desk
Index EN-crystallographic · crystallographic · English
crystallographic · rank #67,341 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #67,341
- LEN-MEGA 16 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 43,570
- PHOTO-FINISH crossbody
Nearest frequency peer: crossbody (-2 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “crystallographic”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- credulous
credulous
32,665 corpus weight
- criminologi…
criminologist
32,664 corpus weight
- crossbody
crossbody
32,662 corpus weight
- crystallogr…
crystallographic
32,660 corpus weight
- curvilinear
curvilinear
32,658 corpus weight
- cush
cush
32,657 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “crystallographic” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | crystallographic |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 16 |
| Frequency rank | #67,341 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “crystallographic” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
crystallographic is uncommon English at frequency #67,341 among 43,570 “C” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Of or pertaining to crystallography".
No generated misspelling entries exist for crystallographic in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From crystallography + -ic. The correct English form is crystallographic, spelled C-R-Y-S-T-A-L-L-O-G-R-A-P-H-I-C.
Definition
- 1Of or pertaining to crystallography
Etymology
From crystallography + -ic.
Antonyms
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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 16 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.