mylonite
/ˈmʌɪlənʌɪt/
"mylonite" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“mylonite” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Any rock that has undergone modifications due to dynamic recrystallization following plastic flow; a schist created by crushed or ground rock.
Corpus desk
Index EN-mylonite · mylonite · English
mylonite · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "M" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | mylonite |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈmʌɪlənʌɪt/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “mylonite” in English
Rare enough to double-check
mylonite is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈmʌɪlənʌɪt/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Any rock that has undergone modifications due to dynamic recrystallization following plastic flow; a schist created by crushed or ground rock.".
No misspelling variants are generated for mylonite in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Ancient Greek μυλών (mulṓn, “mill”) + -ite. The correct English form is mylonite, spelled M-Y-L-O-N-I-T-E.
Definition
- 1Any rock that has undergone modifications due to dynamic recrystallization following plastic flow; a schist created by crushed or ground rock.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how mylonite appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Towards the end of the nineteenth century the crush rock known as mylonite had been recognised, a rocky paste that was ground when one mighty rock mass was pushed bodily – or thrust – over another.
Etymology
From Ancient Greek μυλών (mulṓn, “mill”) + -ite.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.