criminologist
/ˈkɹɪ.mɪ.nɒ.lə.dʒɪst/
"criminologist" is a 13-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“criminologist” is uncommon English (frequency #67,337 among 5,599 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #67,337
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - One who practices criminology.
Corpus desk
Index EN-criminologist · criminologist · English
criminologist · rank #67,337 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #67,337
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH credulous
Nearest frequency peer: credulous (-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 “criminologist”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Cowie
Cowie
32,668 corpus weight
- craic
craic
32,667 corpus weight
- credulous
credulous
32,665 corpus weight
- criminologi…
criminologist
32,664 corpus weight
- crossbody
crossbody
32,662 corpus weight
- crystallogr…
crystallographic
32,660 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “criminologist” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | criminologist |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈkɹɪ.mɪ.nɒ.lə.dʒɪst/ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #67,337 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “criminologist” in English
Rare enough to double-check
criminologist is uncommon English at frequency #67,337 among 5,599 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈkɹɪ.mɪ.nɒ.lə.dʒɪst/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "One who practices criminology.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for criminologist, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From criminology + -ist. The correct English form is criminologist, spelled C-R-I-M-I-N-O-L-O-G-I-S-T.
Definition
- 1One who practices criminology.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how criminologist appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Not according to professor James Alan Fox, a criminologist at Northeastern University in Boston who has been studying mass murder for the past three decades.
When he finished his stint in Brooklyn, Weisburd decided to team up with Larry Sherman, another young criminologist.
Etymology
From criminology + -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.
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