microevolution
noun
microevolution is spelled M-I-C-R-O-E-V-O-L-U-T-I-O-N: 14 letters. It appears about once in every 46 million words in written English, the 209,386th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, microevolution means “Small-scale changes in the history of life, such as changes in allele frequencies in a population (over a few generations); also known as change at…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of microevolution is microevolutions.
How many letters and syllables are in microevolution?
| Letters | 14: M-I-C-R-O-E-V-O-L-U-T-I-O-N |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 46 million words; the 209,386th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is microevolution?
Microevolution appears about once in every 46 million words in written English, the 209,386th 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 microevolution?
- US
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Wodencafe-microevolution.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of microevolution
- microevolutions plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does microevolution mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Small-scale changes in the history of life, such as changes in allele frequencies in a population (over a few generations); also known as change at or below the species level.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Microevolution in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense small-scale changes in the history of life:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | Mikroevolution |
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 microevolution come from?
From micro- + evolution, coined by Robert Greenleaf Leavitt in 1909.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).