ecological
/ˌiːkəˈlɒd͡ʒɪkl̩/
"ecological" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“ecological” has 14 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #9,884. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #9,884
- frequency rank, English
- 2,246
- “E” headwords
- 14
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Relating to ecology, the interrelationships of organisms and their environment.
Corpus desk
Index EN-ecological · ecological · English
ecological · rank #9,884 · 14 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #9,884
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 14 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,246
- PHOTO-FINISH Durham
Nearest frequency peer: Durham (-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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “ecological”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- drawer
drawer
90,121 corpus weight
- drones
drones
90,119 corpus weight
- Durham
Durham
90,118 corpus weight
- ecological
ecological
90,117 corpus weight
- ecosystem
ecosystem
90,116 corpus weight
- Elvis
Elvis
90,115 corpus weight
What this shows “ecological” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ecological |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˌiːkəˈlɒd͡ʒɪkl̩/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #9,884 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “ecological”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 14 spelling variants around ecological (IPA /ˌiːkəˈlɒd͡ʒɪkl̩/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #9,884 among 2,246 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for ecological, with forms such as "ceological", "eccological", and "ecloogical". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "economical", "ecologically", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: From ecology + -ical. The correct English form is ecological, spelled E-C-O-L-O-G-I-C-A-L.
Definition
- 1Relating to ecology, the interrelationships of organisms and their environment.
- 2Not harmful to the environment.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how ecological appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Bats host many high-profile viruses that can infect humans, including severe acute respiratory syndrome and Ebola. A recent study explored the ecological variables that may contribute to bats’ propensity to harbor such zoonotic diseases by comparing them with another order of common reservoir hosts: rodents.
To get doomier still, there’s also the pertinent question of whether, given current ecological speculation, the human race will even survive beyond the next century or so – an uncertainty which makes applying one’s imagination to a 22nd or 23rd Century rather academic.
Etymology
From ecology + -ical.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ceological
- eccological
- ecloogical
- ecolgoical
- ecollogical
- ecologcial
- ecologgical
- ecologiacl
- ecologicall
- ecologiccal
- ecologicla
- ecoloigcal
- ecoolgical
- eoclogical
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of ecological - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "ecological", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).