genealogy
ge·ne·al·o·gy/ˌd͡ʒiniˈɑlədʒi/noun
genealogy is spelled G-E-N-E-A-L-O-G-Y, 5 syllables: ge·ne·al·o·gy. The wrong spelling people search most is geneology: about 2,830 Bing searches a month in the United States (September 2025 to August 2026), about 3 in 10 of all searches for the word. Genealogy is a noun meaning “The descent of a person, family, or group from an ancestor or ancestors; lineage or pedigree”. The plural of genealogy is genealogies.
How many letters and syllables are in genealogy?
| Letters | 9: G-E-N-E-A-L-O-G-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 5: ge·ne·al·o·gy |
| In writing | 2.2 times per million words; the 18,297th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | 1; the most searched, geneology, about 2,830 Bing searches a month (all of them) |
| Rhymes with |
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); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How do you spell genealogy?
Genealogy is spelled G-E-N-E-A-L-O-G-Y. One wrong spelling is searched or written often enough to measure; together they are about 3 in 10 of the searches for genealogy in either form.
Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026). Wrong spellings are taken from Wiktionary entries tagged "misspelling" and its obsolete or nonstandard forms, Wikipedia's Lists of common misspellings and the codespell dictionary, then measured. The proofreader's marks show the change that corrects each one.
How common is genealogy?
Genealogy appears 2.2 times per million words in written English, the 18,297th 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).
How do you pronounce genealogy?
- US /ˌd͡ʒiniˈɑlədʒi/
- US /ˌd͡ʒiniˈælədʒi/
- UK /ˌdʒiːniˈælədʒi/
Genealogy has 5 syllables, split ge·ne·al·o·gy in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-genealogy.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with genealogy?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as genealogy from its last stressed vowel (/ɑlədʒi/):
- technology
- psychology
- biology
- apology
- ideology
- methodology
- sociology
- geology
- ecology
- terminology
- anthropology
- mythology
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of genealogy
- genealogies plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does genealogy mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The descent of a person, family, or group from an ancestor or ancestors; lineage or pedigree.
- 2
A record or table of such descent; a family tree.
- 3
The study, and formal recording of such descents.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate genealogy?
Wiktionary records one abbreviation of genealogy: geneal.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Genealogy in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | généalogie |
| German | Abstammung , Ahnentafel , Ahnenforschung, Genealogie |
| Portuguese | genealogia |
| Spanish | genealogía |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does genealogy come from?
From Middle English genealogie, genologie, genelogie, from Old French genealogie (Modern French généalogie), from Late Latin genealogia, from Ancient Greek γενεαλογία (genealogía), from γενεά (geneá, “generation, descent”) + -λογία (-logía, “study of”), equivalent to Ancient Greek γενεά (geneá) + -logy.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).