technology

/tɛkˈnɒl.ə.dʒi/

//tɛkˈnɒl.ə.dʒi// noun

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"technology" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“technology” has 16 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #858. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#858
frequency rank, English
3,151
“T” headwords
16
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The combined application of science and art in practical ways in industry, as for example in designing new machines.

Corpus desk

Index EN-technology · technology · English

technology · rank #858 · 16 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-CORE #858
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 16 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,151
  • PHOTO-FINISH situation

Nearest frequency peer: situation (-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.

Rank peers near misspelling magnet “technology”

Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword

corpus weight

What this shows “technology” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for technology
PropertyValue
Headwordtechnology
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
IPA/tɛkˈnɒl.ə.dʒi/
Letters10
Frequency rank#858
Misspellings tracked16
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “technology”

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).technologylands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

The axis is logarithmic, with each marked tick roughly ten times rarer than the last. Same rarity band neighbours include “situation” (#857), “turned” (#859), “release” (#856). Among 3,151 “T” headwords, “technology” is #858. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 16 spelling variants around technology (IPA /tɛkˈnɒl.ə.dʒi/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #858 among 3,151 “T” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for technology, with forms such as "etchnology", "tcehnology", and "tecchnology". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Etymologically, the entry records: Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek τεχνολογία (tekhnología, “systematic treatment (of grammar)”), from τέχνη (tékhnē, “art”) + -λογία (-logía, “study”). By surface analysis, techno- + -logy. The correct English form is technology, spelled T-E-C-H-N-O-L-O-G-Y.

Definition

  1. 1
    The combined application of science and art in practical ways in industry, as for example in designing new machines.
  2. 2
    Machines or equipment thus designed.
  3. 3
    Any useful skill or mechanism that humans have developed or invented (including in prescientific eras).
  4. 4
    Any useful trait that has evolved in any organism.
  5. 5
    The study of or a collection of techniques.
  6. 6
    A discourse or treatise on the arts.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how technology appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Meronyms: (contextually meronymous) art, applied science, industrial arts
  2. Humankind relies on technology to keep average standard of living higher than it would otherwise be.

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek τεχνολογία (tekhnología, “systematic treatment (of grammar)”), from τέχνη (tékhnē, “art”) + -λογία (-logía, “study”). By surface analysis, techno- + -logy.

This word in other languages

tecnología(Español)technologie(Français)Technologie(Deutsch)tecnologia(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • etchnology
  • tcehnology
  • tecchnology
  • techhnology
  • technloogy
  • technnology
  • technolgoy
  • technollogy
  • technologgy
  • technologyy
  • technoloyg
  • technoolgy
  • techonlogy
  • tecnhology
  • tehcnology
  • ttechnology

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of technology - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

etchnology2tcehnology2tecchnology1techhnology1technloogy2technnology1technolgoy2technollogy1
Edit distance from "technology"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "technology"?
"technology" is spelled T-E-C-H-N-O-L-O-G-Y. The IPA pronunciation is /tɛkˈnɒl.ə.dʒi/.
What does "technology" mean?
As a noun, "technology" means: The combined application of science and art in practical ways in industry, as for example in designing new machines.
What are common misspellings of "technology"?
Common misspellings include "etchnology", "tcehnology", "tecchnology", "techhnology", "technloogy". The correct spelling is "technology".
How do you pronounce "technology"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "technology" is /tɛkˈnɒl.ə.dʒi/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What is the origin of the word "technology"?
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek τεχνολογία (tekhnología, “systematic treatment (of grammar)”), from τέχνη (tékhnē, “art”) + -λογία (-logía, “study”). By surface analysis, techno- + -logy. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "technology", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (16 here; floor ≥5).

professional16 variantsthemselves16 variantsconference16 variantscompletely16 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list