phyllosilicate
phyllo·sili·catenoun
phyllosilicate is spelled P-H-Y-L-L-O-S-I-L-I-C-A-T-E: 14 letters and 3 syllables (phyllo·sili·cate). It appears about once in every 85 million words in written English, the 293,966th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, phyllosilicate means “Any silicate mineral having a crystal structure of parallel sheets of silicate tetrahedra” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of phyllosilicate is phyllosilicates.
How many letters and syllables are in phyllosilicate?
| Letters | 14: P-H-Y-L-L-O-S-I-L-I-C-A-T-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3: phyllo·sili·cate |
| In writing | about once in every 85 million words; the 293,966th 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 phyllosilicate?
Phyllosilicate appears about once in every 85 million words in written English, the 293,966th 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 phyllosilicate?
Phyllosilicate has 3 syllables, split phyllo·sili·cate in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of phyllosilicate
- phyllosilicates plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does phyllosilicate mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Any silicate mineral having a crystal structure of parallel sheets of silicate tetrahedra.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Phyllosilicate in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense type of silicate:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Spanish | filosilicato |
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 phyllosilicate come from?
From phyllo- + silicate.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).