endocrinologist
/ˈɛn.dəʊ.kɹɪnˌɒl.ə.dʒɪst/
"endocrinologist" is a 15-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“endocrinologist” is uncommon English (frequency #56,092 among 2,246 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #56,092
- frequency rank, English
- 2,246
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A person who is skilled at, or practices, endocrinology.
Corpus desk
Index EN-endocrinologist · endocrinologist · English
endocrinologist · rank #56,092 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #56,092
- LEN-MEGA 15 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,246
- PHOTO-FINISH ensconced
Nearest frequency peer: ensconced (+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 “endocrinologist”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Ellwood
Ellwood
43,914 corpus weight
- elmwood
elmwood
43,913 corpus weight
- Elohim
Elohim
43,912 corpus weight
- endocrinolo…
endocrinologist
43,909 corpus weight
- ensconced
ensconced
43,908 corpus weight
- equidistant
equidistant
43,905 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “endocrinologist” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | endocrinologist |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈɛn.dəʊ.kɹɪnˌɒl.ə.dʒɪst/ |
| Letters | 15 |
| Frequency rank | #56,092 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “endocrinologist” in English
Rare enough to double-check
endocrinologist is uncommon English at frequency #56,092 among 2,246 “E” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈɛn.dəʊ.kɹɪnˌɒl.ə.dʒɪst/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A person who is skilled at, or practices, endocrinology.".
endocrinologist has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From endocrinology + -ist. The correct English form is endocrinologist, spelled E-N-D-O-C-R-I-N-O-L-O-G-I-S-T.
Definition
- 1A person who is skilled at, or practices, endocrinology.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how endocrinologist appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Some endocrinologists argue that our core understanding of T, as a fundamentally male sex hormone, is inherently flawed.
They standardize the terminology that professionals should use with patients and reaffirms the role that an endocrinologist should play in the patient’s broader individualized care.
Etymology
From endocrinology + -ist.
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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