geology
ge·o·lo·gy/d͡ʒiˈɑləd͡ʒi/noun
geology is spelled G-E-O-L-O-G-Y: 7 letters and 4 syllables (ge·o·lo·gy). It appears 5.8 times per million words in written English, the 10,196th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, geology means “The science that studies the structure of the Earth (or other planets), together with its origin and development, especially by examination of its…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of geology is geologies.
How many letters and syllables are in geology?
| Letters | 7: G-E-O-L-O-G-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4: ge·o·lo·gy |
| In writing | 5.8 times per million words; the 10,196th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| 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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is geology?
Geology appears 5.8 times per million words in written English, the 10,196th 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 geology?
- UK /d͡ʒiˈɒləd͡ʒi/
- British /d͡ʒɪjɔləd͡ʒɪj/
- US /d͡ʒiˈɑləd͡ʒi/
Geology has 4 syllables, split ge·o·lo·gy in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-geology.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with geology?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as geology from its last stressed vowel (/ɑlədʒi/):
- technology
- psychology
- biology
- apology
- ideology
- methodology
- sociology
- ecology
- terminology
- anthropology
- mythology
- physiology
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 geology
- geologies plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does geology mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The science that studies the structure of the Earth (or other planets), together with its origin and development, especially by examination of its rocks.
- 2
The geological structure of a region.
the geology of the Alps
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Geology in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense the study of the Earth:
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 geology come from?
From geo- + -logy, partly after Renaissance Latin geōlogia, from Ancient Greek γεω- (geō-, “earth”) + Latin -logia (“the study of”), from Ancient Greek -λογία (-logía).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).