toxicologist
noun
toxicologist is spelled T-O-X-I-C-O-L-O-G-I-S-T: 12 letters and 5 syllables. It appears about once in every 9 million words in written English, the 91,522nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, toxicologist means “A scientist or physician who specializes in toxicology” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of toxicologist is toxicologists.
How many letters and syllables are in toxicologist?
| Letters | 12: T-O-X-I-C-O-L-O-G-I-S-T |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 5 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 9 million words; the 91,522nd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is toxicologist?
Toxicologist appears about once in every 9 million words in written English, the 91,522nd 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 toxicologist?
- US
Toxicologist has 5 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-toxicologist.wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Wodencafe-toxicologist.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of toxicologist
- toxicologists plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does toxicologist mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A scientist or physician who specializes in toxicology.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Toxicologist in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense scientist or physician who speciality is toxicology:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | toxicologue |
| German | Toxikologe, Toxikologin |
| Portuguese | toxicologista, toxicólogo |
| Spanish | toxicólogo, toxicóloga |
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 toxicologist come from?
From toxicology + -ist.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).