mycology
my·co·lo·gy/maɪˈkɑ.lə.d͡ʒi/noun
mycology is spelled M-Y-C-O-L-O-G-Y: 8 letters and 4 syllables (my·co·lo·gy). It appears about once in every 6 million words in written English, the 73,203rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, mycology means “The study of fungi” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in mycology?
| Letters | 8: M-Y-C-O-L-O-G-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4: my·co·lo·gy |
| In writing | about once in every 6 million words; the 73,203rd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is mycology?
Mycology appears about once in every 6 million words in written English, the 73,203rd 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 mycology?
- UK /maɪˈkɒ.lə.d͡ʒi/
- US /maɪˈkɑ.lə.d͡ʒi/
Mycology has 4 syllables, split my·co·lo·gy in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-mycology.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with mycology?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as mycology from its last stressed vowel (/ɑlədʒi/):
- technology
- psychology
- biology
- apology
- ideology
- methodology
- sociology
- geology
- ecology
- terminology
- anthropology
- mythology
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
What does mycology mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The study of fungi.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate mycology?
Wiktionary records 2 abbreviations of mycology: mycol, mycol..
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Mycology in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense study of fungi:
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 mycology come from?
By surface analysis, myco- + -logy; diachronically, the term may be naturalized from French or German, from a New Latin form.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).