ecology
/ɪˈkɒl.ə.d͡ʒi/
The verdict
“ecology” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #88,785 among 101,141 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #88,785
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 101,141
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Ecología.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ecology |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ɪˈkɒl.ə.d͡ʒi/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #88,785 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “ecology” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
ecology is uncommon Spanish at frequency #88,785 among 101,141 “E” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ɪˈkɒl.ə.d͡ʒi/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Ecología.".
Zero misspellings are on record for ecology in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is ecology, spelled E-C-O-L-O-G-Y.
Definition
- 1Ecología.
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 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “ecology”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is E-C-O-L-O-G-Y - 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.