mixology
"mixology" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“mixology” is uncommon English (frequency #88,620 among 36,575 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #88,620
- frequency rank, English
- 36,575
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The art of combining various ingredients to create cocktails.
Corpus desk
Index EN-mixology · mixology · English
mixology · rank #88,620 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #88,620
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 36,575
- PHOTO-FINISH monied
Nearest frequency peer: monied (+2 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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “mixology”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- misapprehen…
misapprehension
11,385 corpus weight
- misfiring
misfiring
11,384 corpus weight
- mixology
mixology
11,381 corpus weight
- monied
monied
11,379 corpus weight
- moonless
moonless
11,378 corpus weight
- mortgagee
mortgagee
11,377 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “mixology” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | mixology |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #88,620 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “mixology” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
mixology is uncommon English at frequency #88,620 among 36,575 “M” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for mixology, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Back-formation from mixologist. By surface analysis, mix + -ology. The correct English form is mixology, spelled M-I-X-O-L-O-G-Y.
Definition
- 1The art of combining various ingredients to create cocktails.
- 2The work of a disc jockey.
Etymology
Back-formation from mixologist. By surface analysis, mix + -ology.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "mixology", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.