ecotourism
/ˌiːkəʊˈtʊəɹɪz(ə)m/
"ecotourism" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“ecotourism” is uncommon English (frequency #57,361 among 2,246 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #57,361
- frequency rank, English
- 2,246
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Responsible (sustainable) travel to natural areas supporting the fauna, flora, and local economy.
Corpus desk
Index EN-ecotourism · ecotourism · English
ecotourism · rank #57,361 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #57,361
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,246
- PHOTO-FINISH EBT
Nearest frequency peer: EBT (-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.
Long-tail ranks near “ecotourism”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Durkin
Durkin
42,644 corpus weight
- eardrum
eardrum
42,643 corpus weight
- Eastlake
Eastlake
42,642 corpus weight
- EBT
EBT
42,641 corpus weight
- ecotourism
ecotourism
42,640 corpus weight
- ellipsis
ellipsis
42,637 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “ecotourism” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ecotourism |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˌiːkəʊˈtʊəɹɪz(ə)m/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #57,361 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “ecotourism” in English
Rare enough to double-check
ecotourism is uncommon English at frequency #57,361 among 2,246 “E” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˌiːkəʊˈtʊəɹɪz(ə)m/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Responsible (sustainable) travel to natural areas supporting the fauna, flora, and local economy.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for ecotourism, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From eco- + tourism. The correct English form is ecotourism, spelled E-C-O-T-O-U-R-I-S-M.
Definition
- 1Responsible (sustainable) travel to natural areas supporting the fauna, flora, and local economy.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how ecotourism appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Driven by a search for the perfectly "grammable" shot, ecotourism is everywhere on the rise, though it rarely delivers on the promise of its name, which is to reconcile the impulse to consume nature with the desire to conserve it.
Etymology
From eco- + tourism.
This word in other languages
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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