ecotype
noun
ecotype is spelled E-C-O-T-Y-P-E: 7 letters. It appears about once in every 33 million words in written English, the 176,009th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, ecotype means “A phenotype that is adapted to a specific environment” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of ecotype is ecotypes.
How many letters and syllables are in ecotype?
| Letters | 7: E-C-O-T-Y-P-E |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 33 million words; the 176,009th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is ecotype?
Ecotype appears about once in every 33 million words in written English, the 176,009th 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).
Forms of ecotype
- ecotypes plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does ecotype mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A phenotype that is adapted to a specific environment.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Ecotype in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense organism adapted to an environment:
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 ecotype come from?
From eco- + type, coined by Swedish botanist Göte Turesson in 1922 and modeled on the earlier ecospecies.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).