meteorologist

Name: meteorologist, English Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“meteorologist” has 19 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #32,080. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#32,080
frequency rank, English: 4,057
“M” headwords: 19
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A person who studies meteorology.

Corpus desk

Index EN-meteorologist · meteorologist · English

meteorologist · rank #32,080 · 19 variants · 0 confusables

FREQ-MID #32,080
LEN-MEGA 13 letters
VOW-6 6 vowels
CONFUS-0 No pairs
VAR-HIGH 19 variants
BOOK-MID 4,057
PHOTO-FINISH mercilessly

Nearest frequency peer: mercilessly (-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.

mending

67,923
mercilessly

67,922
meteorologi…

67,921
microproces…

67,920
midweek

67,919
minefield

67,918

What this shows “meteorologist” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Key facts for meteorologist
Property	Value
Headword	meteorologist
Language	English
Part of speech	Noun
Letters	13
Frequency rank	#32,080
Misspellings tracked	19
Confusable pairs	0
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “meteorologist”

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).meteorologistlands here:

#32,080

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Same rarity band neighbours include “mercilessly” (#32,079), “microprocessor” (#32,081), “mending” (#32,078). Among 4,057 “M” headwords, “meteorologist” is #32,080. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 19 spelling variants around meteorologist, anoun. Corpus frequency is #32,080 among 4,057 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 19 likely wrong-spelling variants for meteorologist, with forms such as "emteorologist", "meetorologist", and "meteoorlogist". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

Etymologically, the entry records: From meteorology + -ist. The correct English form is meteorologist, spelled M-E-T-E-O-R-O-L-O-G-I-S-T.

Definition

1
A person who studies meteorology.
2
A weather forecaster.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how meteorologist appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

For a micromoon and Friday the 13th full moon to occur together is extraordinarily rare. The last time it happened was in 1832 and it won't happen again for more than 500 years according to Tony Rice, a meteorologist and engineer at NASA.
Rees-Mogg has claimed that “climate alarmism” is responsible for high energy prices and that it is unrealistic for scientists to project future changes to the climate because meteorologists struggle to correctly predict the weather.

Etymology

From meteorology + -ist.

This word in other languages

meteorólogo(Español)météorologue(Français)Meteorologe(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

emteorologist
meetorologist
meteoorlogist
meteorloogist
meteorolgoist
meteorollogist
meteorologgist
meteorologisst
meteorologistt
meteorologits
meteorologsit
meteoroloigst
meteoroolgist
meteorrologist
meteroologist
metoerologist
metteorologist
mmeteorologist
mteeorologist

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of meteorologist - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

Edit distance from "meteorologist"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "meteorologist"?

"meteorologist" is spelled M-E-T-E-O-R-O-L-O-G-I-S-T.

What does "meteorologist" mean?

As a noun, "meteorologist" means: A person who studies meteorology.

What are common misspellings of "meteorologist"?

Common misspellings include "emteorologist", "meetorologist", "meteoorlogist", "meteorloogist", "meteorolgoist". The correct spelling is "meteorologist".

What is the origin of the word "meteorologist"?

From meteorology + -ist. See the full etymology section above for more details.

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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "meteorologist", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (19 here; floor ≥5).

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