granitic
"granitic" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“granitic” is uncommon English (frequency #75,007 among 2,313 “G” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #75,007
- frequency rank, English
- 2,313
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Of, pertaining to, or containing granite.
Corpus desk
Index EN-granitic · granitic · English
granitic · rank #75,007 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #75,007
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,313
- PHOTO-FINISH grat
Nearest frequency peer: grat (+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.
Long-tail ranks near “granitic”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Gorski
Gorski
24,999 corpus weight
- Gosnell
Gosnell
24,998 corpus weight
- granitic
granitic
24,994 corpus weight
- grat
grat
24,992 corpus weight
- gravure
gravure
24,991 corpus weight
- Greencastle
Greencastle
24,989 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “granitic” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | granitic |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #75,007 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “granitic” in English
Rare enough to double-check
granitic is uncommon English at frequency #75,007 among 2,313 “G” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Of, pertaining to, or containing granite.".
granitic doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: From granite + -ic. The correct English form is granitic, spelled G-R-A-N-I-T-I-C.
Definition
- 1Of, pertaining to, or containing granite.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how granitic appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Castles and houses [...] sat on top of mountains and granitic outcroppings.
Etymology
From granite + -ic.
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); 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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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).