oceanographer
/ˌoʊʃəˈnɑɡɹəfəɹ/
"oceanographer" is a 13-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“oceanographer” is uncommon English (frequency #67,697 among 15,494 “O” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #67,697
- frequency rank, English
- 15,494
- “O” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - a person who studies oceanography, the science of oceans
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | oceanographer |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˌoʊʃəˈnɑɡɹəfəɹ/ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #67,697 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “oceanographer” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
oceanographer is uncommon English at frequency #67,697 among 15,494 “O” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˌoʊʃəˈnɑɡɹəfəɹ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "a person who studies oceanography, the science of oceans".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for oceanographer, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct English form is oceanographer, spelled O-C-E-A-N-O-G-R-A-P-H-E-R.
Definition
- 1a person who studies oceanography, the science of oceans
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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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The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is O-C-E-A-N-O-G-R-A-P-H-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˌoʊʃəˈnɑɡɹəfəɹ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.