# ethnology

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #49,321

## Definitions
1. The branch of anthropology that compares and analyzes different human cultures and the relationships between them.

## Etymology
From ethno- + -logy.

## Easily confused with
- **etiology** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ethnology-vs-etiology)
- **etymology** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ethnology-vs-etymology)

## Common misspellings (14)
`ehtnology`, `ethhnology`, `ethnloogy`, `ethnnology`, `ethnolgoy`, `ethnollogy`, `ethnologgy`, `ethnologyy`, `ethnoloyg`, `ethnoolgy`, `ethonlogy`, `etnhology`, `etthnology`, `tehnology`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/ethnology