wollastonite
noun
wollastonite is spelled W-O-L-L-A-S-T-O-N-I-T-E: 12 letters. It appears about once in every 42 million words in written English, the 199,120th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, wollastonite means “A grey inosilicate mineral, mostly calcium silicate, CaSiO₃, found deposited in limestone” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of wollastonite is wollastonites.
How many letters and syllables are in wollastonite?
| Letters | 12: W-O-L-L-A-S-T-O-N-I-T-E |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 42 million words; the 199,120th 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 wollastonite?
Wollastonite appears about once in every 42 million words in written English, the 199,120th 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).
Forms of wollastonite
- wollastonites plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does wollastonite mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A grey inosilicate mineral, mostly calcium silicate, CaSiO₃, found deposited in limestone.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Wollastonite in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense grey inosilicate mineral:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | wollastonite |
| German | Wollastonit |
| Portuguese | wollastonite |
| Spanish | wollastonita |
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 wollastonite come from?
From Wollaston + -ite, after William Hyde Wollaston, English chemist and physicist.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).