ethnomethodology
noun
ethnomethodology is spelled E-T-H-N-O-M-E-T-H-O-D-O-L-O-G-Y: 16 letters. It appears about once in every 52 million words in written English, the 225,584th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, ethnomethodology means “An academic discipline that attempts to understand the social orders people use to make sense of the world through analysing their accounts and…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of ethnomethodology is ethnomethodologies.
How many letters and syllables are in ethnomethodology?
| Letters | 16: E-T-H-N-O-M-E-T-H-O-D-O-L-O-G-Y |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 52 million words; the 225,584th 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 ethnomethodology?
Ethnomethodology appears about once in every 52 million words in written English, the 225,584th 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 ethnomethodology
- ethnomethodologies plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does ethnomethodology mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
An academic discipline that attempts to understand the social orders people use to make sense of the world through analysing their accounts and descriptions of their day-to-day experiences.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does ethnomethodology come from?
From ethno- + methodology.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).