ophthalmological
adjective
ophthalmological is spelled O-P-H-T-H-A-L-M-O-L-O-G-I-C-A-L: 16 letters. It appears about once in every 15 million words in written English, the 118,441st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, ophthalmological means “Pertaining to ophthalmology” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in ophthalmological?
| Letters | 16: O-P-H-T-H-A-L-M-O-L-O-G-I-C-A-L |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 15 million words; the 118,441st most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is ophthalmological?
Ophthalmological appears about once in every 15 million words in written English, the 118,441st 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).
What does ophthalmological mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Pertaining to ophthalmology.
But even when his mistakes and failures are to be explained in ophthalmological or optical terms, this fact does not by itself prove the disheartening general proposition that nobody’s eyes are ever any good for anything, with its tacitly i
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Ophthalmological in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense pertaining to ophthalmology:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | ophtalmologique |
| Portuguese | oftalmológico |
| Spanish | oftalmológico |
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 ophthalmological come from?
From ophthalmology + -ical.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).