mixologist
"mixologist" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“mixologist” is an uncommon English word, ranked #94,005 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #94,005
- frequency rank, English
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A person who creates cocktails, especially one considered an artist in that craft.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | mixologist |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #94,005 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “mixologist” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for mixologist is 10 letters long, classified as a noun. Corpus data places it at rank #94,005 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
No misspelling variants are generated for mixologist in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From mix + -ologist. The correct English form is mixologist, spelled M-I-X-O-L-O-G-I-S-T.
Definition
- 1A person who creates cocktails, especially one considered an artist in that craft.
- 2Any bartender.
- 3A disc jockey.
Etymology
From mix + -ologist.
This word in other languages
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.
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Using “mixologist”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is M-I-X-O-L-O-G-I-S-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.