mycologist
/maɪˈkɒlədʒɪst/
"mycologist" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“mycologist” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A person who studies, professes or practices mycology.
Corpus desk
Index EN-mycologist · mycologist · English
mycologist · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "M" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | mycologist |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /maɪˈkɒlədʒɪst/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “mycologist” in English
Rare enough to double-check
mycologist is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /maɪˈkɒlədʒɪst/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A person who studies, professes or practices mycology.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for mycologist, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From myco- + -logist. The correct English form is mycologist, spelled M-Y-C-O-L-O-G-I-S-T.
Definition
- 1A person who studies, professes or practices mycology.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how mycologist appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
‘Iʼm not a mycologist but I believe you only get this formation when the fungus is forming reproductive organs.’
Etymology
From myco- + -logist.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.