ethnologist
/ˈɛθˈnɑləd͡ʒəst/
"ethnologist" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“ethnologist” is uncommon English (frequency #97,002 among 2,246 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #97,002
- frequency rank, English
- 2,246
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - One who practices ethnology.
Corpus desk
Index EN-ethnologist · ethnologist · English
ethnologist · rank #97,002 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #97,002
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,246
- PHOTO-FINISH evince
Nearest frequency peer: evince (+2 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 “ethnologist”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- enjoyably
enjoyably
3,006 corpus weight
- ephedra
ephedra
3,003 corpus weight
- erd
erd
3,002 corpus weight
- ethnologist
ethnologist
2,999 corpus weight
- evince
evince
2,997 corpus weight
- excitingly
excitingly
2,995 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “ethnologist” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ethnologist |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈɛθˈnɑləd͡ʒəst/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #97,002 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “ethnologist” in English
Rare enough to double-check
ethnologist is uncommon English at frequency #97,002 among 2,246 “E” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈɛθˈnɑləd͡ʒəst/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "One who practices ethnology.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for ethnologist, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: From ethno- + -logist. The correct English form is ethnologist, spelled E-T-H-N-O-L-O-G-I-S-T.
Definition
- 1One who practices ethnology.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how ethnologist appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The learned modern Ethnologists, however, will generally have none of this latter idea. As a rule they delight in representing early peoples as totally destitute of common sense (which is supposed to be a monopoly of us moderns!); and if the Sabbath-arrangement has had any value or use they insist on ascribing this to pure accident, and not to the applica…
Etymology
From ethno- + -logist.
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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