ironstone
noun
ironstone is spelled I-R-O-N-S-T-O-N-E: 9 letters. It appears about once in every 5 million words in written English, the 65,913th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, ironstone means “Any ore of iron which is impure through the admixture of silica or clay” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of ironstone is ironstones.
How many letters and syllables are in ironstone?
| Letters | 9: I-R-O-N-S-T-O-N-E |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 5 million words; the 65,913th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is ironstone?
Ironstone appears about once in every 5 million words in written English, the 65,913th 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).
What rhymes with ironstone?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as ironstone.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: serotonin.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of ironstone
- ironstones plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does ironstone mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Any ore of iron which is impure through the admixture of silica or clay.
- 2
A type of vitreous pottery similar to stoneware.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does ironstone come from?
From iron + stone.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).