wurtzite
noun, adjective
wurtzite is spelled W-U-R-T-Z-I-T-E: 8 letters. It appears about once in every 48 million words in written English, the 214,628th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, wurtzite means “A dark brown zinc iron sulfide mineral ((Zn,Fe)S), a form of sphalerite” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of wurtzite is wurtzites.
How many letters and syllables are in wurtzite?
| Letters | 8: W-U-R-T-Z-I-T-E |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 48 million words; the 214,628th 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 wurtzite?
Wurtzite appears about once in every 48 million words in written English, the 214,628th 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 wurtzite
- wurtzites plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does wurtzite mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A dark brown zinc iron sulfide mineral ((Zn,Fe)S), a form of sphalerite.
adjective
- 1
Of or pertaining to wurtzite crystal structure, a hexagonal crystal system named after the mineral wurtzite.
A new family of semiconductors has been synthesized for the first time in the form of wurtzite phase nanocrystals of Cu2ZnAS4−x and CuZn2AS4.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Wurtzite in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense zinc iron sulfide mineral:
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 wurtzite come from?
From Wurtz + -ite, for Charles-Adolphe Wurtz, French chemist.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).