spodumene
/ˈspɔdjumin/noun
spodumene is spelled S-P-O-D-U-M-E-N-E: 9 letters. It appears about once in every 50 million words in written English, the 220,118th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, spodumene means “The mineral lithium aluminium inosilicate (LiAl(SiO₃)₂), a pyroxene and ore of lithium, sometimes regarded as a gemstone, which may be greenish…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of spodumene is spodumenes.
How many letters and syllables are in spodumene?
| Letters | 9: S-P-O-D-U-M-E-N-E |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 50 million words; the 220,118th 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 spodumene?
Spodumene appears about once in every 50 million words in written English, the 220,118th 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 spodumene?
- /ˈspɔdjumin/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-spodumene.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of spodumene
- spodumenes plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does spodumene mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The mineral lithium aluminium inosilicate (LiAl(SiO₃)₂), a pyroxene and ore of lithium, sometimes regarded as a gemstone, which may be greenish, yellowish or pinkish in appearance.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Spodumene in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense pyroxene mineral, lithium aluminum inosilicate:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | spodumène |
| German | Spodumen |
| Spanish | espodumena |
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 spodumene come from?
From Ancient Greek σποδούμενος (spodoúmenos, “burnt to ashes”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).