bacteriology
/bækˌtɪəɹ.ɪˈɒləd͡ʒi/
"bacteriology" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“bacteriology” is uncommon English (frequency #61,981 among 4,121 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #61,981
- frequency rank, English
- 4,121
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The scientific study of bacteria, especially in relation to disease and agriculture.
Corpus desk
Index EN-bacteriology · bacteriology · English
bacteriology · rank #61,981 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #61,981
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,121
- PHOTO-FINISH baklava
Nearest frequency peer: baklava (+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 “bacteriology”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Ayre
Ayre
38,023 corpus weight
- bacteriology
bacteriology
38,020 corpus weight
- baklava
baklava
38,019 corpus weight
- Bamber
Bamber
38,017 corpus weight
- Bankhead
Bankhead
38,016 corpus weight
- Bansal
Bansal
38,015 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “bacteriology” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | bacteriology |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /bækˌtɪəɹ.ɪˈɒləd͡ʒi/ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #61,981 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “bacteriology” in English
Rare enough to double-check
bacteriology is uncommon English at frequency #61,981 among 4,121 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /bækˌtɪəɹ.ɪˈɒləd͡ʒi/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The scientific study of bacteria, especially in relation to disease and agriculture.".
bacteriology doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From bacterio- + -ology. The correct English form is bacteriology, spelled B-A-C-T-E-R-I-O-L-O-G-Y.
Definition
- 1The scientific study of bacteria, especially in relation to disease and agriculture.
Etymology
From bacterio- + -ology.
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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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).