bacteriologista

/bɐk.tɨ.ɾju.lu.ˈʒiʃ.tɐ/

//bɐk.tɨ.ɾju.lu.ˈʒiʃ.tɐ// noun

The verdict

“bacteriologista” is uncommon Portuguese (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency Portuguese
15
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - especialista em bacteriologia

Corpus desk

Index PT-bacteriologista · bacteriologista · Portuguese

bacteriologista · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 15 letters
  • VOW-7 7 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "B" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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.

Key facts for bacteriologista
PropertyValue
Headwordbacteriologista
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/bɐk.tɨ.ɾju.lu.ˈʒiʃ.tɐ/
Letters15
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “bacteriologista” sits in Portuguese frequency

bacteriologista falls outside the top-100,000 ranked Portuguese words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

bacteriologista is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /bɐk.tɨ.ɾju.lu.ˈʒiʃ.tɐ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "especialista em bacteriologia".

bacteriologista doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is bacteriologista, spelled B-A-C-T-E-R-I-O-L-O-G-I-S-T-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    especialista em bacteriologia

This word in other languages

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "bacteriologista"?
"bacteriologista" is spelled B-A-C-T-E-R-I-O-L-O-G-I-S-T-A. The IPA pronunciation is /bɐk.tɨ.ɾju.lu.ˈʒiʃ.tɐ/.
What does "bacteriologista" mean?
As a noun, "bacteriologista" means: especialista em bacteriologia
How do you pronounce "bacteriologista"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "bacteriologista" is /bɐk.tɨ.ɾju.lu.ˈʒiʃ.tɐ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "bacteriologista" come from?
"bacteriologista" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list