# terminology

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˌtɜː.məˈnɒl.ə.d͡ʒi/ · frequency rank #11,623

## Definitions
1. A treatise on terms, especially those used in a specialised field.
2. The set of terms actually used in any business, art, science, or the like; nomenclature; technical terms.
3. The scientific study of such terms.

## Etymology
From French terminologie or German Terminologie and their source, New Latin terminologia, from Medieval Latin terminus (“a term”) + -ologia (“study of”), from -o- (“(interconsonantal)”) + -logia, from Ancient Greek -λογία (-logía, “-logy, branch of study, to speak”).

## Common misspellings (17)
`etrminology`, `temrinology`, `terimnology`, `terminloogy`, `terminnology`, `terminolgoy`, `terminollogy`, `terminologgy`, `terminologyy`, `terminoloyg`, `terminoolgy`, `termionlogy`, `termminology`, `termniology`, `terrminology`, `treminology`, `tterminology`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/terminology