etymologies
/ˌɛt.ɪˈmɒl.ə.d͡ʒiːz/
"etymologies" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“etymologies” is uncommon English (frequency #92,588 among 2,246 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #92,588
- frequency rank, English
- 2,246
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - plural of etymology
Corpus desk
Index EN-etymologies · etymologies · English
etymologies · rank #92,588 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #92,588
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,246
- PHOTO-FINISH evapotranspir…
Nearest frequency peer: evapotranspiration (+1 rank slots)
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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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “etymologies”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
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7,413 corpus weight
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7,412 corpus weight
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What this shows Bars show where “etymologies” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | etymologies |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˌɛt.ɪˈmɒl.ə.d͡ʒiːz/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #92,588 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “etymologies” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
etymologies is uncommon English at frequency #92,588 among 2,246 “E” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˌɛt.ɪˈmɒl.ə.d͡ʒiːz/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "plural of etymology".
No misspelling variants are generated for etymologies in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct English form is etymologies, spelled E-T-Y-M-O-L-O-G-I-E-S.
Definition
- 1plural of etymology
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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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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