monoclinic

adj

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

The verdict

“monoclinic” is uncommon English (frequency #83,528 among 4,057 “M” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#83,528
frequency rank, English
4,057
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Having three unequal axes with two perpendicular and one oblique intersections.

Corpus desk

Index EN-monoclinic · monoclinic · English

monoclinic · rank #83,528 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #83,528
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,057
  • PHOTO-FINISH monism

Nearest frequency peer: monism (-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 “monoclinic”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “monoclinic” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for monoclinic
PropertyValue
Headwordmonoclinic
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechAdjective
Letters10
Frequency rank#83,528
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “monoclinic” in English

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).monoclinicfalls in this rarity band:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Ticks step logarithmically, so each one marks a roughly tenfold drop in how often the word turns up. Rare peers in the same band: “monism” (#83,527), “moodle” (#83,530), “moonraker” (#83,531). Among 4,057 “M” headwords, “monoclinic” is #83,528. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

monoclinic is uncommon English at frequency #83,528 among 4,057 “M” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Having three unequal axes with two perpendicular and one oblique intersections.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for monoclinic, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Etymologically, the entry records: From mono- + clinic. The correct English form is monoclinic, spelled M-O-N-O-C-L-I-N-I-C.

Definition

  1. 1
    Having three unequal axes with two perpendicular and one oblique intersections.

Etymology

From mono- + clinic.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "monoclinic"?
"monoclinic" is spelled M-O-N-O-C-L-I-N-I-C.
What does "monoclinic" mean?
As an adjective, "monoclinic" means: Having three unequal axes with two perpendicular and one oblique intersections.
What is the origin of the word "monoclinic"?
From mono- + clinic. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

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Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list