ecology
ecol·ogy/ɪˈkɑ.lə.d͡ʒi/noun
ecology is spelled E-C-O-L-O-G-Y: 7 letters and 2 syllables (ecol·ogy). It appears 5.5 times per million words in written English, the 10,519th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, ecology means “The branch of biology dealing with the relationships of organisms with their environment and with each other” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of ecology is ecologies.
How many letters and syllables are in ecology?
| Letters | 7: E-C-O-L-O-G-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: ecol·ogy |
| In writing | 5.5 times per million words; the 10,519th 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 ecology?
Ecology appears 5.5 times per million words in written English, the 10,519th 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 ecology?
- UK /ɪˈkɒl.ə.d͡ʒi/
- US /ɪˈkɑ.lə.d͡ʒi/
- US /iˈkɑ.lə.d͡ʒi/
Ecology has 2 syllables, split ecol·ogy in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-ecology.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with ecology?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as ecology from its last stressed vowel (/ɑlədʒi/):
- technology
- psychology
- biology
- apology
- ideology
- methodology
- sociology
- geology
- terminology
- anthropology
- mythology
- physiology
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).
Forms of ecology
- ecologies plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does ecology mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The branch of biology dealing with the relationships of organisms with their environment and with each other.
- 2
Any study of the relationships of components of a system with their environment and with each other.
social ecology
- 3
The totality or pattern of relationships of components of a system with their environment and with each other.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate ecology?
Wiktionary records 2 abbreviations of ecology: ecol, ecol..
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Ecology in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense branch of biology:
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 ecology come from?
Calque of German Ökologie (coined in 1866 by Ernst Haeckel), from Ancient Greek οἶκος (oîkos, “house”) + -λογία (-logía, “study of”). By surface analysis, eco- + -logy.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).