coastal
coas·tal/ˈkoʊstəl/adjective
coastal is spelled C-O-A-S-T-A-L: 7 letters and 2 syllables (coas·tal). It appears 15 times per million words in written English, the 5,206th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, coastal means “Relating to the coast; on or near the coast; longshore” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in coastal?
| Letters | 7: C-O-A-S-T-A-L |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: coas·tal |
| In writing | 15 times per million words; the 5,206th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is coastal?
Coastal appears 15 times per million words in written English, the 5,206th 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 coastal?
- UK /ˈkəʊstəl/
- US /ˈkoʊstəl/
Coastal has 2 syllables, split coas·tal in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-coastal.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with coastal?
One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as coastal from its last stressed vowel (/oʊstəl/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of coastal
- more coastal comparative
- most coastal superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does coastal mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Relating to the coast; on or near the coast; longshore.
coastal town
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Coastal in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense relating to the coast:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | côtier |
| German | Küsten- |
| Portuguese | costeiro |
| Spanish | costero, costanero, costeño, costino, litoral |
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 coastal come from?
From coast + -al. Piecewise doublet of costal.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).