graphitic
"graphitic" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“graphitic” is uncommon English (frequency #99,322 among 2,313 “G” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #99,322
- frequency rank, English
- 2,313
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Of, relating to, resembling, or having the structure of graphite.
Corpus desk
Index EN-graphitic · graphitic · English
graphitic · rank #99,322 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #99,322
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,313
- PHOTO-FINISH grazier
Nearest frequency peer: grazier (+1 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 “graphitic”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- gobbledygook
gobbledygook
684 corpus weight
- Goldsborough
Goldsborough
683 corpus weight
- grandsire
grandsire
682 corpus weight
- graphitic
graphitic
679 corpus weight
- grazier
grazier
678 corpus weight
- Greenslade
Greenslade
676 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “graphitic” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | graphitic |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #99,322 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “graphitic” in English
Rare enough to double-check
graphitic is uncommon English at frequency #99,322 among 2,313 “G” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Of, relating to, resembling, or having the structure of graphite.".
graphitic has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From graphite + -ic. The correct English form is graphitic, spelled G-R-A-P-H-I-T-I-C.
Definition
- 1Of, relating to, resembling, or having the structure of graphite.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how graphitic appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The iron has been analysed at the Manchester College of Technology. It is a cold-blast iron with the following analysis: Silicon, 1.38 per cent.; sulphur, 0.14 per cent.; phosphorus, 0.65 per cent.; manganese, 0.54 per cent.; combined carbon, 0.49 per cent.; graphitic carbon, 2.95 per cent.
Etymology
From graphite + -ic.
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 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).