astrology
/əˈstɹɒlədʒi/
"astrology" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“astrology” has 14 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #17,543. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #17,543
- frequency rank, English
- 3,931
- “A” headwords
- 14
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Divination about human affairs or natural phenomena from the relative positions of celestial bodies.
Corpus desk
Index EN-astrology · astrology · English
astrology · rank #17,543 · 14 variants · 3 confusables
- FREQ-MID #17,543
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 14 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,931
- PHOTO-FINISH authorize
Nearest frequency peer: authorize (+2 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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “astrology”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- Antony
Antony
82,464 corpus weight
- ao
ao
82,463 corpus weight
- astrology
astrology
82,458 corpus weight
- authorize
authorize
82,456 corpus weight
- baroness
baroness
82,454 corpus weight
- barrow
barrow
82,453 corpus weight
What this shows “astrology” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | astrology |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /əˈstɹɒlədʒi/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #17,543 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “astrology”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 14 spelling variants around astrology (IPA /əˈstɹɒlədʒi/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #17,543 among 3,931 “A” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Divination about human affairs or natural phenomena from the relative positions of celestial bodies.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for astrology, with forms such as "asrtology", "asstrology", and "astorlogy". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "astronomy", "anthology", "astrologer", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle French astrologie, and its source, Latin astrologia (“astronomy”), from Ancient Greek ἀστρολογία (astrología, “telling of the stars”), from ἄστρον (ástron, “star, planet, or constellation”) + -λογία (-logía, “treating of”), a combination form of… The correct English form is astrology, spelled A-S-T-R-O-L-O-G-Y.
Definition
- 1Divination about human affairs or natural phenomena from the relative positions of celestial bodies.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how astrology appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
For if astronomy is the study of the movements of the heavens, then astrology is the study of the effects of those movements.
Followers of pseudosciences such as astrology often draw spurious parallels between their beliefs and established science.
Etymology
From Middle French astrologie, and its source, Latin astrologia (“astronomy”), from Ancient Greek ἀστρολογία (astrología, “telling of the stars”), from ἄστρον (ástron, “star, planet, or constellation”) + -λογία (-logía, “treating of”), a combination form of -λόγος (-lógos, “one who speaks (in a certain manner)”). Morphologically astro- + -logy.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- asrtology
- asstrology
- astorlogy
- astrloogy
- astrolgoy
- astrollogy
- astrologgy
- astrologyy
- astroloyg
- astroolgy
- astrrology
- asttrology
- atsrology
- satrology
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of astrology - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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