quartzite
/ˈk(w)ɔːtˌsaɪt/
"quartzite" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“quartzite” is uncommon English (frequency #56,388 among 288 “Q” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #56,388
- frequency rank, English
- 288
- “Q” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A metamorphic rock from sandstone, consisting of interlocking grains of quartz.
Corpus desk
Index EN-quartzite · quartzite · English
quartzite · rank #56,388 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #56,388
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 288
- PHOTO-FINISH Pyotr
Nearest frequency peer: Pyotr (-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 “quartzite”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Purim
Purim
43,617 corpus weight
- putts
putts
43,616 corpus weight
- Pyotr
Pyotr
43,614 corpus weight
- quartzite
quartzite
43,613 corpus weight
- quietness
quietness
43,612 corpus weight
- rabi
rabi
43,610 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “quartzite” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | quartzite |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈk(w)ɔːtˌsaɪt/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #56,388 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “quartzite” in English
Rare enough to double-check
quartzite is uncommon English at frequency #56,388 among 288 “Q” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈk(w)ɔːtˌsaɪt/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A metamorphic rock from sandstone, consisting of interlocking grains of quartz.".
No misspelling variants are generated for quartzite in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From quartz + -ite. The correct English form is quartzite, spelled Q-U-A-R-T-Z-I-T-E.
Definition
- 1A metamorphic rock from sandstone, consisting of interlocking grains of quartz.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how quartzite appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Following the course of the river from New Ulm to Fort Ridgely, there are several exposures of reddish-brown “granite” or quartzites, which has been quarried in a few places, but I do not feel entirely sure of its connection with the rocks in the prairie or at the Ferry below.
The stone experimented upon being of the hardest and toughest kind the effect is not seen for several strokes ; but within two minutes, during which the writer watched the experiment, a steel chisel was completely blunted and rendered useless, and there was a hole made about two inches deep in the mass of quartzite placed to operate upon.
Etymology
From quartz + -ite.
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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