tektite
noun
tektite is spelled T-E-K-T-I-T-E: 7 letters. It appears about once in every 40 million words in written English, the 194,306th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, tektite means “A small, round, dark glassy object, composed of silicates, formed by the rapid cooling of molten ejecta from meteorite impacts” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of tektite is tektites.
How many letters and syllables are in tektite?
| Letters | 7: T-E-K-T-I-T-E |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 40 million words; the 194,306th 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 tektite?
Tektite appears about once in every 40 million words in written English, the 194,306th 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 tektite?
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-tektite.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of tektite
- tektites plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does tektite mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A small, round, dark glassy object, composed of silicates, formed by the rapid cooling of molten ejecta from meteorite impacts.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Tektite in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense a glassy object formed from a meteor hitting the earth:
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 tektite come from?
From Ancient Greek τηκτός (tēktós, “molten”), from τήκειν (tḗkein, “to melt”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).