virologist
"virologist" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“virologist” is uncommon English (frequency #79,175 among 7,391 “V” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #79,175
- frequency rank, English
- 7,391
- “V” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A scientist or doctor who studies or specializes in viruses.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | virologist |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #79,175 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “virologist” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
virologist is uncommon English at frequency #79,175 among 7,391 “V” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A scientist or doctor who studies or specializes in viruses.".
virologist has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From virology + -ist. The correct English form is virologist, spelled V-I-R-O-L-O-G-I-S-T.
Definition
- 1A scientist or doctor who studies or specializes in viruses.
Etymology
From virology + -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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Using “virologist”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is V-I-R-O-L-O-G-I-S-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.