oolite
/ˈəʊəlʌɪt/noun
oolite is spelled O-O-L-I-T-E: 6 letters. It appears about once in every 26 million words in written English, the 155,937th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, oolite means “A rock consisting of spherical grains within a mineral cortex accreted around a nucleus, often of quartz grains” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of oolite is oolites or oölites.
How many letters and syllables are in oolite?
| Letters | 6: O-O-L-I-T-E |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 26 million words; the 155,937th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is oolite?
Oolite appears about once in every 26 million words in written English, the 155,937th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce oolite?
- UK /ˈəʊəlʌɪt/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-oolite.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of oolite
- oolites plural
- oölites plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does oolite mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A rock consisting of spherical grains within a mineral cortex accreted around a nucleus, often of quartz grains.
- 2
rareAn ooid or oolith.
noun
- 1
Alternative form of oolite.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Oolite in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense geology: rock of spherical grains:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does oolite come from?
From oo- + -lite, after German Oolit.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).