toxicologist
"toxicologist" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“toxicologist” is uncommon English (frequency #92,171 among 3,151 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #92,171
- frequency rank, English
- 3,151
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A scientist or physician who specializes in toxicology.
Corpus desk
Index EN-toxicologist · toxicologist · English
toxicologist · rank #92,171 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #92,171
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,151
- PHOTO-FINISH trainable
Nearest frequency peer: trainable (+2 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.
Long-tail ranks near “toxicologist”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Toblerone
Toblerone
7,838 corpus weight
- topological…
topologically
7,835 corpus weight
- toxicologist
toxicologist
7,830 corpus weight
- trainable
trainable
7,828 corpus weight
- transmedia
transmedia
7,827 corpus weight
- trist
trist
7,822 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “toxicologist” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | toxicologist |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #92,171 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “toxicologist” in English
Rare enough to double-check
toxicologist is uncommon English at frequency #92,171 among 3,151 “T” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A scientist or physician who specializes in toxicology.".
Zero misspellings are on record for toxicologist in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From toxicology + -ist. The correct English form is toxicologist, spelled T-O-X-I-C-O-L-O-G-I-S-T.
Definition
- 1A scientist or physician who specializes in toxicology.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how toxicologist appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Toxicologists at the Taft Laboratory at the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) here are dosing mice with poppers to solve the baffling mystery of diseases which are killing gay men.
Etymology
From toxicology + -ist.
This word in other languages
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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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).