fluorspar
noun
fluorspar is a noun meaning “Synonym of fluorite” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled F-L-U-O-R-S-P-A-R and has 2 syllables, and it appears about once in every 26 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of fluorspar is fluorspars.
What does fluorspar mean?
noun
- 1
Synonym of fluorite.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce fluorspar?
Fluorspar has 2 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).
Forms of fluorspar
- fluorspars plural
- fluor spar
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is fluorspar?
Fluorspar appears about once in every 26 million words in written English, the 155,937th 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).
Where does fluorspar come from?
Blend of fluorite + spar (“mineral, crystal”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).