microbiologist
/ˌmaɪ.kɹəʊ.baɪˈɒ.lə.dʒɪst/noun
microbiologist is spelled M-I-C-R-O-B-I-O-L-O-G-I-S-T: 14 letters and 6 syllables. It appears about once in every 4 million words in written English, the 59,387th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, microbiologist means “A biologist whose speciality is microbiology” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of microbiologist is microbiologists.
How many letters and syllables are in microbiologist?
| Letters | 14: M-I-C-R-O-B-I-O-L-O-G-I-S-T |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 6 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 4 million words; the 59,387th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is microbiologist?
Microbiologist appears about once in every 4 million words in written English, the 59,387th 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 microbiologist?
- /ˌmaɪ.kɹəʊ.baɪˈɒ.lə.dʒɪst/
Microbiologist has 6 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-microbiologist.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of microbiologist
- microbiologists plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does microbiologist mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A biologist whose speciality is microbiology.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Microbiologist in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense scientist specializing in microbiology:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | microbiologiste |
| German | Mikrobiologe, Mikrobiologin |
| Portuguese | microbiólogo, microbióloga |
| Spanish | microbiólogo, microbióloga |
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.