audiologist

noun

"audiologist" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“audiologist” is uncommon English (frequency #91,251 among 3,931 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#91,251
frequency rank, English
3,931
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A healthcare professional who diagnoses, treats and/or manages hearing and balance disorders.

Corpus desk

Index EN-audiologist · audiologist · English

audiologist · rank #91,251 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #91,251
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,931
  • PHOTO-FINISH Aucoin

Nearest frequency peer: Aucoin (-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.

Long-tail ranks near “audiologist”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “audiologist” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for audiologist
PropertyValue
Headwordaudiologist
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters11
Frequency rank#91,251
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “audiologist” in English

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right).audiologistfalls in this rarity band:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Rare peers in the same band: “Aucoin” (#91,250), “artbook” (#91,247), “Avesta” (#91,256). Among 3,931 “A” headwords, “audiologist” is #91,251. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

audiologist is uncommon English at frequency #91,251 among 3,931 “A” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A healthcare professional who diagnoses, treats and/or manages hearing and balance disorders.".

Zero misspellings are on record for audiologist in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Etymologically, the entry records: From audiology + -ist. The correct English form is audiologist, spelled A-U-D-I-O-L-O-G-I-S-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    A healthcare professional who diagnoses, treats and/or manages hearing and balance disorders.

Etymology

From audiology + -ist.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "audiologist"?
"audiologist" is spelled A-U-D-I-O-L-O-G-I-S-T.
What does "audiologist" mean?
As a noun, "audiologist" means: A healthcare professional who diagnoses, treats and/or manages hearing and balance disorders.
What is the origin of the word "audiologist"?
From audiology + -ist. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "audiologist", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list