diabase
/ˈdaɪ.əˌbeɪs/noun
diabase is spelled D-I-A-B-A-S-E: 7 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 20 million words in written English, the 136,649th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, diabase means “A fine-grained igneous rock composed mostly of pyroxene and feldspar” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of diabase is diabases.
How many letters and syllables are in diabase?
| Letters | 7: D-I-A-B-A-S-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 20 million words; the 136,649th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is diabase?
Diabase appears about once in every 20 million words in written English, the 136,649th 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 diabase?
- /ˈdaɪ.əˌbeɪs/
Diabase has 3 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-diabase.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of diabase
- diabases plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does diabase mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A fine-grained igneous rock composed mostly of pyroxene and feldspar.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Diabase in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense a fine-grained igneous rock:
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 diabase come from?
From French diabase, from Ancient Greek διάβασις (diábasis).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).