# ecologist

> English word · Noun · IPA /iːˈkɒləd͡ʒɪst/ · frequency rank #43,128

## Definitions
1. A scholar of ecology.
2. An environmentalist (one who advocates for the protection of the environment).

## Etymology
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”).

## Easily confused with
- **economist** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ecologist-vs-economist)

## Common misspellings (13)
`ceologist`, `eccologist`, `ecloogist`, `ecolgoist`, `ecollogist`, `ecologgist`, `ecologisst`, `ecologistt`, `ecologits`, `ecologsit`, `ecoloigst`, `ecoolgist`, `eoclogist`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/ecologist