mycology
/maɪˈkɒ.lə.d͡ʒi/
"mycology" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“mycology” is uncommon English (frequency #73,464 among 4,057 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #73,464
- frequency rank, English
- 4,057
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The study of fungi.
Corpus desk
Index EN-mycology · mycology · English
mycology · rank #73,464 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #73,464
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,057
- PHOTO-FINISH muti
Nearest frequency peer: muti (-1 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.
Long-tail ranks near “mycology”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- MPV
MPV
26,542 corpus weight
- mulla
mulla
26,540 corpus weight
- muti
muti
26,538 corpus weight
- mycology
mycology
26,537 corpus weight
- ménage
ménage
26,536 corpus weight
- Nakagawa
Nakagawa
26,534 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “mycology” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | mycology |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /maɪˈkɒ.lə.d͡ʒi/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #73,464 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “mycology” in English
Rare enough to double-check
mycology is uncommon English at frequency #73,464 among 4,057 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /maɪˈkɒ.lə.d͡ʒi/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The study of fungi.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for mycology, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: By surface analysis, myco- + -logy; diachronically, the term may be naturalized from French or German, from a New Latin form. The correct English form is mycology, spelled M-Y-C-O-L-O-G-Y.
Definition
- 1The study of fungi.
Etymology
By surface analysis, myco- + -logy; diachronically, the term may be naturalized from French or German, from a New Latin form.
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).