geología

/[xeoloˈxia]/ noun

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#17,152

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

5

similar word pairs

geología is aSpanishnoun. It means: Ciencia que estudia la forma interior del globo terrestre, la materia que lo compone, su mecanismo de formación, los cambios o alteraciones que estas han experimentado desde su origen, y la colocac... Pronounced [xeoloˈxia]. Often confused with Georgia and geólogo.

Key facts for geología
PropertyValue
Headwordgeología
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[xeoloˈxia]
Letters8
Frequency rank#17,152
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of geología in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for geología is 8 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [xeoloˈxia]. Corpus data places it at rank #17,152 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Ciencia que estudia la forma interior del globo terrestre, la materia que lo compone, su mecanismo de formación, los cambios o alteraciones que estas han experimentado desde su origen, y la colocac...".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for geología, with forms such as "egología", "geloogía", and "geolgoía". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "Georgia", "geólogo", "geólogos", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is geología, spelled G-E-O-L-O-G-Í-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ciencia que estudia la forma interior del globo terrestre, la materia que lo compone, su mecanismo de formación, los cambios o alteraciones que estas han experimentado desde su origen, y la colocación que tienen en su actual estado.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: egología,geloogía,geolgoía,geollogía,geologaí,geologgía,geoloíga,geoolgía,ggeología,goelogía

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for geología

Misspelling Variants of "geología"

egología8geloogía8geolgoía8geollogía9geologaí8geologgía9geoloíga8geoolgía8
Misspelling Variants of "geología"

Frequency rank: #17,152 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "geología"?
"geología" is spelled G-E-O-L-O-G-Í-A. The IPA pronunciation is [xeoloˈxia].
What does "geología" mean?
As a noun, "geología" means: Ciencia que estudia la forma interior del globo terrestre, la materia que lo compone, su mecanismo de formación, los cambios o alteraciones que estas han experimentado desde su origen, y la colocac...
What words are commonly confused with "geología"?
"geología" is commonly confused with "Georgia", "geólogo", "geólogos". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "geología"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "geología" is [xeoloˈxia]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "geología" come from?
"geología" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.