acarology
a·ca·ro·lo·gy/æ.kəˈɹɑ.lə.d͡ʒi/noun
acarology is a noun meaning “The study of ticks and mites” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled A-C-A-R-O-L-O-G-Y and has 5 syllables (a·ca·ro·lo·gy), and it appears about once in every 85 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does acarology mean?
noun
- 1
The study of ticks and mites.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce acarology?
- UK /æ.kəˈɹɒ.lə.d͡ʒi/
- US /æ.kəˈɹɑ.lə.d͡ʒi/
Acarology has 5 syllables, split a·ca·ro·lo·gy in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-acarology.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
How common is acarology?
Acarology appears about once in every 85 million words in written English, the 293,966th 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).
Acarology in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense the study of ticks and mites:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | acarologie |
| Portuguese | acarologia |
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 acarology come from?
From acaro- + -logy, based on Ancient Greek ἄκαρι (ákari, “cheese mite, tick”) + -λογία (-logía).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).