phylogeography
noun
phylogeography is spelled P-H-Y-L-O-G-E-O-G-R-A-P-H-Y: 14 letters. It appears about once in every 54 million words in written English, the 228,409th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, phylogeography means “The study of the processes controlling the geographic distributions of lineages by constructing the genealogies of populations and genes” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of phylogeography is phylogeographies.
How many letters and syllables are in phylogeography?
| Letters | 14: P-H-Y-L-O-G-E-O-G-R-A-P-H-Y |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 54 million words; the 228,409th 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 phylogeography?
Phylogeography appears about once in every 54 million words in written English, the 228,409th 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 phylogeography?
- US
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Wodencafe-phylogeography.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of phylogeography
- phylogeographies plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does phylogeography mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The study of the processes controlling the geographic distributions of lineages by constructing the genealogies of populations and genes
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Phylogeography in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense the study of geographic distributions of lineages:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Portuguese | filogeografia |
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.