adjacent
/əˈd͡ʒeɪ.sənt/adjective, noun, preposition
adjacent is spelled A-D-J-A-C-E-N-T: 8 letters and 3 syllables. It appears 13 times per million words in written English, the 5,878th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, adjacent means “Lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring; bordering on” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in adjacent?
| Letters | 8: A-D-J-A-C-E-N-T |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 13 times per million words; the 5,878th 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 adjacent?
Adjacent appears 13 times per million words in written English, the 5,878th 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 adjacent?
- /əˈd͡ʒeɪ.sənt/
Adjacent has 3 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: En-us-adjacent.ogg, En-au-adjacent.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of adjacent
- adjacents plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does adjacent mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring; bordering on.
Because the conference room is filled, we will have our meeting in the adjacent room.
- 2
Just before, after, or facing.
The picture is on the adjacent page.
- 3
Related to; suggestive of; bordering on.
noun
- 1
Something that lies next to something else, especially the side of a right triangle that is neither the hypotenuse nor the opposite.
preposition
- 1
Next to; beside.
The house adjacent to the school was demolished.
- 2
Related to; suggestive of; bordering on.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate adjacent?
Wiktionary records one abbreviation of adjacent: adj..
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Adjacent in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | adjacent |
| German | daneben, anliegend, benachbart, adjazent , umliegend, nachfolgend |
| Portuguese | adjacente |
| Spanish | adyacente, colindante, contiguo |
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 adjacent come from?
Borrowed from Latin adiacēns, adiacentis, derivative of adiaceō (“to lie beside”); from ad (“to”) + iaceō (“to lie down”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).