olivine
/ˈɒl.ɪˌviːn/
"olivine" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“olivine” is uncommon English (frequency #59,587 among 1,431 “O” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #59,587
- frequency rank, English
- 1,431
- “O” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Any of a group of olive green magnesium-iron silicate minerals that crystallize in the orthorhombic system.
Corpus desk
Index EN-olivine · olivine · English
olivine · rank #59,587 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #59,587
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,431
- PHOTO-FINISH Omagh
Nearest frequency peer: Omagh (+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 “olivine”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Oakdale
Oakdale
40,419 corpus weight
- oceanfront
oceanfront
40,417 corpus weight
- olivine
olivine
40,414 corpus weight
- Omagh
Omagh
40,413 corpus weight
- oom
oom
40,412 corpus weight
- Orban
Orban
40,411 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “olivine” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| 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) |
Long-tail rank of “olivine” in English
Rare enough to double-check
olivine is uncommon English at frequency #59,587 among 1,431 “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.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how olivine appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The olivine crystals in most basalts are imperfect, lacking clear crystal faces.
To do so, his team mixed together limestone with a crushed silicate mineral that contains magnesium — such as olivine, an olive-tinted mineral that can be found around the world. When heated to furiously high temperatures in a kiln, calcium in the limestone and magnesium in the silicate jiggle and switch sides, like participants in a square dance.
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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