greenstone

noun

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"greenstone" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“greenstone” is uncommon English (frequency #63,658 among 18,276 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#63,658
frequency rank, English
18,276
“G” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Any of several green-hued minerals used for making various artefacts in early Mesoamerican cultures, e.g. greenschist, chlorastrolite, serpentine, omphacite, or chrysoprase.

Key facts for greenstone
PropertyValue
Headwordgreenstone
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters10
Frequency rank#63,658
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “greenstone” sits in English frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). greenstone lands here:

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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

greenstone is uncommon English at frequency #63,658 among 18,276 “G” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Zero misspellings are on record for greenstone in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Etymologically, the entry records: From green + stone. The correct English form is greenstone, spelled G-R-E-E-N-S-T-O-N-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Any of several green-hued minerals used for making various artefacts in early Mesoamerican cultures, e.g. greenschist, chlorastrolite, serpentine, omphacite, or chrysoprase.
  2. 2
    The pounamu, the green-hued minerals of New Zealand used by the Māori to make tools, ornaments and weapons (any of three varieties of nephrite jade or one variety of bowenite).

Etymology

From green + stone.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "greenstone"?
"greenstone" is spelled G-R-E-E-N-S-T-O-N-E.
What does "greenstone" mean?
As a noun, "greenstone" means: Any of several green-hued minerals used for making various artefacts in early Mesoamerican cultures, e.g. greenschist, chlorastrolite, serpentine, omphacite, or chrysoprase.
What is the origin of the word "greenstone"?
From green + stone. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Using “greenstone”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct English spelling is G-R-E-E-N-S-T-O-N-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words

Other uncommon English words near this rank

Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list