audiology
/ɔːdiˈɒləd͡ʒi/
"audiology" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“audiology” is uncommon English (frequency #64,187 among 3,931 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #64,187
- frequency rank, English
- 3,931
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The study of the auditory and vestibular systems, and associated disorders.
Corpus desk
Index EN-audiology · audiology · English
audiology · rank #64,187 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #64,187
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,931
- PHOTO-FINISH astoundingly
Nearest frequency peer: astoundingly (-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.
Long-tail ranks near “audiology”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- arthropod
arthropod
35,820 corpus weight
- Aruna
Aruna
35,819 corpus weight
- Asaph
Asaph
35,817 corpus weight
- astoundingly
astoundingly
35,816 corpus weight
- audiology
audiology
35,814 corpus weight
- Ayton
Ayton
35,808 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “audiology” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | audiology |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ɔːdiˈɒləd͡ʒi/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #64,187 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “audiology” in English
Rare enough to double-check
audiology is uncommon English at frequency #64,187 among 3,931 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ɔːdiˈɒləd͡ʒi/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for audiology, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From audio- + -logy. The correct English form is audiology, spelled A-U-D-I-O-L-O-G-Y.
Definition
- 1The study of the auditory and vestibular systems, and associated disorders.
- 2An allied health profession pertaining to the assessment and rehabilitation of hearing and balance disorders.
Etymology
From audio- + -logy.
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.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).