audiology
/ɔːdiˈɒləd͡ʒi/
"audiology" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“audiology” is an uncommon English word, ranked #64,187 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #64,187
- frequency rank, English
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The study of the auditory and vestibular systems, and associated disorders.
| 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) |
Where “audiology” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for audiology is 9 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ɔːdiˈɒləd͡ʒi/. Corpus data places it at rank #64,187 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
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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Using “audiology”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is A-U-D-I-O-L-O-G-Y - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ɔːdiˈɒləd͡ʒi/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
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.