dendrology
den·drol·o·gy/dɛndˈɹɑlədʒi/noun
dendrology is spelled D-E-N-D-R-O-L-O-G-Y: 10 letters and 4 syllables (den·drol·o·gy). It appears about once in every 51 million words in written English, the 222,788th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, dendrology means “The study of trees and other woody plants” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in dendrology?
| Letters | 10: D-E-N-D-R-O-L-O-G-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4: den·drol·o·gy |
| In writing | about once in every 51 million words; the 222,788th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is dendrology?
Dendrology appears about once in every 51 million words in written English, the 222,788th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce dendrology?
- UK /dɛndˈɹɒlədʒi/
- US /dɛndˈɹɑlədʒi/
Dendrology has 4 syllables, split den·drol·o·gy in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Khangtran2008-dendrology.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with dendrology?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as dendrology from its last stressed vowel (/ɑlədʒi/):
- technology
- psychology
- biology
- apology
- ideology
- methodology
- sociology
- geology
- ecology
- terminology
- anthropology
- mythology
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
What does dendrology mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The study of trees and other woody plants.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Dendrology in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense the study of trees:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | dendrologie |
| German | Dendrologie |
| Portuguese | dendrologia |
| Spanish | dendrología |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does dendrology come from?
From dendro- + -logy.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).