malachite
/ˈmæl.əˌkaɪt/
"malachite" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“malachite” is uncommon English (frequency #54,321 among 4,057 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #54,321
- frequency rank, English
- 4,057
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A bright green mineral, a basic copper carbonate, Cu₂CO₃(OH)₂; one of the principal ores of copper.
Corpus desk
Index EN-malachite · malachite · English
malachite · rank #54,321 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #54,321
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,057
- PHOTO-FINISH Managua
Nearest frequency peer: Managua (+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 “malachite”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- lulled
lulled
45,684 corpus weight
- lymphocyte
lymphocyte
45,683 corpus weight
- MacGyver
MacGyver
45,682 corpus weight
- malachite
malachite
45,680 corpus weight
- Managua
Managua
45,679 corpus weight
- marchant
marchant
45,677 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “malachite” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | malachite |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈmæl.əˌkaɪt/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #54,321 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “malachite” in English
Rare enough to double-check
malachite is uncommon English at frequency #54,321 among 4,057 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈmæl.əˌkaɪt/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for malachite, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle French malachite, from Latin molochītis, from Ancient Greek μολόχη (molókhē, “[leaf of the ... ] mallow plant”). The correct English form is malachite, spelled M-A-L-A-C-H-I-T-E.
Definition
- 1A bright green mineral, a basic copper carbonate, Cu₂CO₃(OH)₂; one of the principal ores of copper.
- 2A mild green color, like that of the mineral.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how malachite appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Although there are dozens of different types of gems, among the best known and most important are […] . (Common gem materials not addressed in this article include amber, amethyst, chalcedony, garnet, lazurite, malachite, opals, peridot, rhodonite, spinel, tourmaline, turquoise and zircon.)
Etymology
From Middle French malachite, from Latin molochītis, from Ancient Greek μολόχη (molókhē, “[leaf of the ... ] mallow plant”).
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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