anachronistic
/əˌnæk.ɹəˈnɪs.tɪk/adjective
anachronistic is spelled A-N-A-C-H-R-O-N-I-S-T-I-C: 13 letters and 5 syllables. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 42,145th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, anachronistic means “Erroneous in date; containing an anachronism; in a wrong time; not applicable to or not appropriate for the time” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in anachronistic?
| Letters | 13: A-N-A-C-H-R-O-N-I-S-T-I-C |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 5 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 42,145th 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 anachronistic?
Anachronistic appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 42,145th 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 anachronistic?
- /əˌnæk.ɹəˈnɪs.tɪk/
Anachronistic has 5 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-anachronistic.ogg, En-au-anachronistic.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of anachronistic
- more anachronistic comparative
- most anachronistic superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does anachronistic mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Erroneous in date; containing an anachronism; in a wrong time; not applicable to or not appropriate for the time.
If you know where to look in the movie, you can spot an anachronistic wrist watch on one of the Roman soldiers.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Anachronistic in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | anachronique |
| German | anachronistisch, fehldatiert, zeitwidrig , altmodisch, veraltet |
| Portuguese | anacrônico, anacrónico |
| Spanish | anacrónico |
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.