Mesolithic
"mesolithic" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Mesolithic” is uncommon English (frequency #71,697 among 4,057 “M” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #71,697
- frequency rank, English
- 4,057
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Of or referring to the Middle Stone Age (also the Mesolithic period or the Mesolithic age), a prehistoric period that lasted between 10000 and 3000 BC.
Corpus desk
Index EN-mesolithic · Mesolithic · English
Mesolithic · rank #71,697 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #71,697
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,057
- PHOTO-FINISH Meghalaya
Nearest frequency peer: Meghalaya (-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 “Mesolithic”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- megalithic
megalithic
28,306 corpus weight
- Meghalaya
Meghalaya
28,305 corpus weight
- Mesolithic
Mesolithic
28,304 corpus weight
- Metairie
Metairie
28,303 corpus weight
- microfluidic
microfluidic
28,301 corpus weight
- Milgram
Milgram
28,299 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Mesolithic” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Mesolithic |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #71,697 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Mesolithic” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Mesolithic is uncommon English at frequency #71,697 among 4,057 “M” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Of or referring to the Middle Stone Age (also the Mesolithic period or the Mesolithic age), a prehistoric period that lasted between 10000 and 3000 BC.".
Mesolithic doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: From meso- + -lithic. The correct English form is Mesolithic, spelled M-E-S-O-L-I-T-H-I-C.
Definition
- 1Of or referring to the Middle Stone Age (also the Mesolithic period or the Mesolithic age), a prehistoric period that lasted between 10000 and 3000 BC.
Etymology
From meso- + -lithic.
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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