olivine
/ˈɒl.ɪˌviːn/
"olivine" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“olivine” is uncommon English (frequency #59,587 among 15,494 “O” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #59,587
- frequency rank, English
- 15,494
- “O” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Any of a group of olive green magnesium-iron silicate minerals that crystallize in the orthorhombic system.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | olivine |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈɒl.ɪˌviːn/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #59,587 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “olivine” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
olivine is uncommon English at frequency #59,587 among 15,494 “O” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈɒl.ɪˌviːn/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Any of a group of olive green magnesium-iron silicate minerals that crystallize in the orthorhombic system.".
olivine has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From olive + -in, later remodelled after -ine. The correct English form is olivine, spelled O-L-I-V-I-N-E.
Definition
- 1Any of a group of olive green magnesium-iron silicate minerals that crystallize in the orthorhombic system.
Etymology
From olive + -in, later remodelled after -ine.
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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Using “olivine”
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- The one correct English spelling is O-L-I-V-I-N-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.