ecologist
/iːˈkɒləd͡ʒɪst/noun
ecologist is spelled E-C-O-L-O-G-I-S-T: 9 letters and 4 syllables. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 43,187th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, ecologist means “A scholar of ecology” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of ecologist is ecologists.
How many letters and syllables are in ecologist?
| Letters | 9: E-C-O-L-O-G-I-S-T |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 43,187th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is ecologist?
Ecologist appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 43,187th 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 ecologist?
- /iːˈkɒləd͡ʒɪst/
- /ɪˈkɒləd͡ʒɪst/
Ecologist has 4 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-ecologist.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of ecologist
- ecologists plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does ecologist mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A scholar of ecology.
- 2
An environmentalist (one who advocates for the protection of the environment).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Ecologist in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense A scientist who studies ecology:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | écologue, écologiste |
| German | Ökologe, Ökologin |
| Portuguese | ecologista, ecólogo |
| Spanish | ecólogo, ecóloga |
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 ecologist come from?
From eco- + -logist. The less common sense “environmentalist” might be from association with deep ecology, or influenced by Romance-language equivalents such as Spanish ecologista (“environmentalist”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).