limestone
/ˈlaɪmˌstoʊn/noun
limestone is spelled L-I-M-E-S-T-O-N-E: 9 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 5.6 times per million words in written English, the 10,358th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, limestone means “An abundant rock of marine and freshwater sediments; primarily composed of calcite (CaCO₃); and occurring in a variety of forms, both crystalline and…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of limestone is limestones.
How many letters and syllables are in limestone?
| Letters | 9: L-I-M-E-S-T-O-N-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 5.6 times per million words; the 10,358th 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 and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; 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 limestone?
Limestone appears 5.6 times per million words in written English, the 10,358th 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).
How do you pronounce limestone?
- US /ˈlaɪmˌstoʊn/
- UK /ˈlaɪmˌstəʊn/
Limestone 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). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-limestone.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with limestone
Also written: lime-stone (one word or two).
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with limestone?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as limestone (/aɪmstoʊn/).
Spelled with the same letters in another order: milestone.
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 limestone
- limestones plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does limestone mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
An abundant rock of marine and freshwater sediments; primarily composed of calcite (CaCO₃); and occurring in a variety of forms, both crystalline and amorphous.
a limestone viaduct
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate limestone?
Wiktionary records one abbreviation of limestone: limestn..
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Limestone in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does limestone come from?
From lime + stone.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).