genealogist
/ˈdʒiː.niːˌæl.ə.dʒɪst/
"genealogist" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“genealogist” is uncommon English (frequency #62,917 among 2,313 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #62,917
- frequency rank, English
- 2,313
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A person who studies or practises genealogy; an expert in genealogy.
Corpus desk
Index EN-genealogist · genealogist · English
genealogist · rank #62,917 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #62,917
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,313
- PHOTO-FINISH Garros
Nearest frequency peer: Garros (-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 “genealogist”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Galina
Galina
37,087 corpus weight
- gallantly
gallantly
37,086 corpus weight
- Garros
Garros
37,085 corpus weight
- genealogist
genealogist
37,084 corpus weight
- Gershon
Gershon
37,083 corpus weight
- GIC
GIC
37,081 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “genealogist” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | genealogist |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈdʒiː.niːˌæl.ə.dʒɪst/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #62,917 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “genealogist” in English
Rare enough to double-check
genealogist is uncommon English at frequency #62,917 among 2,313 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈdʒiː.niːˌæl.ə.dʒɪst/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A person who studies or practises genealogy; an expert in genealogy.".
Zero misspellings are on record for genealogist in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From genealogy + -ist. The correct English form is genealogist, spelled G-E-N-E-A-L-O-G-I-S-T.
Definition
- 1A person who studies or practises genealogy; an expert in genealogy.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how genealogist appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
You may not find Dr. Neil Rosenstein’s new book listed on national best-seller lists, but the noted genealogist — with his tongue halfway in his cheek — compares it to the popular thriller “The Da Vinci Code.” Both books, the noted American genealogist and surgeon said, deal in varying degrees with family trees reaching back 30 centuries to the biblical H…
Etymology
From genealogy + -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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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).