perovskite
"perovskite" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“perovskite” is uncommon English (frequency #75,285 among 4,417 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #75,285
- frequency rank, English
- 4,417
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A minor accessory mineral, CaTiO₃, occurring in basic rocks, as orthorhombic crystals.
Corpus desk
Index EN-perovskite · perovskite · English
perovskite · rank #75,285 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #75,285
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,417
- PHOTO-FINISH Perumal
Nearest frequency peer: Perumal (+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 “perovskite”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- pembina
pembina
24,720 corpus weight
- peptic
peptic
24,719 corpus weight
- perineum
perineum
24,718 corpus weight
- perovskite
perovskite
24,716 corpus weight
- Perumal
Perumal
24,715 corpus weight
- phaeton
phaeton
24,712 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “perovskite” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | perovskite |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #75,285 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “perovskite” in English
Rare enough to double-check
perovskite is uncommon English at frequency #75,285 among 4,417 “P” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A minor accessory mineral, CaTiO₃, occurring in basic rocks, as orthorhombic crystals.".
perovskite has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Perovski + -ite. Named for Russian mineralogist L. A. Perovski (1792-1856) in 1839. The correct English form is perovskite, spelled P-E-R-O-V-S-K-I-T-E.
Definition
- 1A minor accessory mineral, CaTiO₃, occurring in basic rocks, as orthorhombic crystals.
Etymology
From Perovski + -ite. Named for Russian mineralogist L. A. Perovski (1792-1856) in 1839.
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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