elbaite
"elbaite" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“elbaite” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A sodium-lithium-aluminium borosilicate mineral of the tourmaline group, prized as a gemstone.
Corpus desk
Index EN-elbaite · elbaite · English
elbaite · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "E" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | elbaite |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “elbaite” in English
Rare enough to double-check
elbaite is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A sodium-lithium-aluminium borosilicate mineral of the tourmaline group, prized as a gemstone.".
elbaite has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Elba + -ite, named after the island Elba in Tuscany, Italy where it was first discovered. The correct English form is elbaite, spelled E-L-B-A-I-T-E.
Definition
- 1A sodium-lithium-aluminium borosilicate mineral of the tourmaline group, prized as a gemstone.
Etymology
From Elba + -ite, named after the island Elba in Tuscany, Italy where it was first discovered.
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.