travertine
/ˈtɹavətɪn/
"travertine" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“travertine” is uncommon English (frequency #65,585 among 3,151 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #65,585
- frequency rank, English
- 3,151
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A light, porous form of concretionary limestone (or calcite) deposited from solution, and sometimes quarried for building.
Corpus desk
Index EN-travertine · travertine · English
travertine · rank #65,585 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #65,585
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,151
- PHOTO-FINISH trapezoidal
Nearest frequency peer: trapezoidal (-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 “travertine”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- traditional…
traditionalism
34,420 corpus weight
- tramadol
tramadol
34,418 corpus weight
- trapezoidal
trapezoidal
34,417 corpus weight
- travertine
travertine
34,416 corpus weight
- troposphere
troposphere
34,415 corpus weight
- twittering
twittering
34,413 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “travertine” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | travertine |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈtɹavətɪn/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #65,585 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “travertine” in English
Rare enough to double-check
travertine is uncommon English at frequency #65,585 among 3,151 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈtɹavətɪn/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A light, porous form of concretionary limestone (or calcite) deposited from solution, and sometimes quarried for building.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for travertine in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Italian travertino, earlier tivertino, from Latin tīburtīnus (“Tiburtine”). The correct English form is travertine, spelled T-R-A-V-E-R-T-I-N-E.
Definition
- 1A light, porous form of concretionary limestone (or calcite) deposited from solution, and sometimes quarried for building.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how travertine appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
[...] imitation travertine, resembling marble, has been used to cover the station exterior, [...].
Halder stopped outside a seven-storey building sheathed in pale travertine marble.
Etymology
From Italian travertino, earlier tivertino, from Latin tīburtīnus (“Tiburtine”).
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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