rutile
"rutile" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“rutile” is uncommon English (frequency #76,287 among 3,094 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #76,287
- frequency rank, English
- 3,094
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The most frequent of the three polymorphs of titanium dioxide, crystalizing in the tetragonal system, TiO₂.
Corpus desk
Index EN-rutile · rutile · English
rutile · rank #76,287 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #76,287
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,094
- PHOTO-FINISH Ruta
Nearest frequency peer: Ruta (-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 “rutile”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- rootstock
rootstock
23,719 corpus weight
- rostral
rostral
23,718 corpus weight
- rotatable
rotatable
23,717 corpus weight
- Ruta
Ruta
23,715 corpus weight
- rutile
rutile
23,714 corpus weight
- Saakashvili
Saakashvili
23,712 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “rutile” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | rutile |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #76,287 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “rutile” in English
Rare enough to double-check
rutile is uncommon English at frequency #76,287 among 3,094 “R” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The most frequent of the three polymorphs of titanium dioxide, crystalizing in the tetragonal system, TiO₂.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for rutile, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Latin rutilus (“red”) because of its common color, named in 1803. The correct English form is rutile, spelled R-U-T-I-L-E.
Definition
- 1The most frequent of the three polymorphs of titanium dioxide, crystalizing in the tetragonal system, TiO₂.
Etymology
From Latin rutilus (“red”) because of its common color, named in 1803.
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).