academician
/əˌka.dəˈmɪʃ.n̩/
"academician" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“academician” is uncommon English (frequency #56,564 among 35,202 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #56,564
- frequency rank, English
- 35,202
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A member (especially a senior one) of the faculty at a college or university; an academic.
Corpus desk
Index EN-academician · academician · English
academician · rank #56,564 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #56,564
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 35,202
- PHOTO-FINISH acetylene
Nearest frequency peer: acetylene (+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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “academician”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- academician
academician
43,437 corpus weight
- acetylene
acetylene
43,436 corpus weight
- acidosis
acidosis
43,435 corpus weight
- actuation
actuation
43,434 corpus weight
- adrenergic
adrenergic
43,431 corpus weight
- aliphatic
aliphatic
43,429 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “academician” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | academician |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /əˌka.dəˈmɪʃ.n̩/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #56,564 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “academician” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
academician is uncommon English at frequency #56,564 among 35,202 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /əˌka.dəˈmɪʃ.n̩/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for academician, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: From academic + -ian (“one skilled in”), partly after French académicien. The correct English form is academician, spelled A-C-A-D-E-M-I-C-I-A-N.
Definition
- 1A member (especially a senior one) of the faculty at a college or university; an academic.
- 2A member or follower of an academy, or society for promoting science, art, or literature, such as the French Academy, or the Royal Academy of Arts.
Etymology
From academic + -ian (“one skilled in”), partly after French académicien.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.