extraordinary
ex·tra(·)or·di·na·ry/ɪkˈstɹɔɹdɪnɛɹi/adjective, noun
extraordinary is spelled E-X-T-R-A-O-R-D-I-N-A-R-Y, 6 syllables: ex·tra(·)or·di·na·ry. The wrong spelling people search most is extrodinary: about 190 Bing searches a month in the United States (September 2025 to August 2026), about 1 in 16 of all searches for the word. Extraordinary is an adjective meaning “Out of the ordinary; exceptional; unusual”.
How many letters and syllables are in extraordinary?
| Letters | 13: E-X-T-R-A-O-R-D-I-N-A-R-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 6: ex·tra(·)or·di·na·ry |
| In writing | 23 times per million words; the 3,875th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | 2; the most searched, extrodinary, about 190 Bing searches a month (all of them) |
| Pairs people 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); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How do you spell extraordinary?
Extraordinary is spelled E-X-T-R-A-O-R-D-I-N-A-R-Y. 2 wrong spellings are searched or written often enough to measure; together they are about 1 in 11 of the searches for extraordinary in either form.
Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026). Wrong spellings are taken from Wiktionary entries tagged "misspelling" and its obsolete or nonstandard forms, Wikipedia's Lists of common misspellings and the codespell dictionary, then measured. The proofreader's marks show the change that corrects each one.
How common is extraordinary?
Extraordinary appears 23 times per million words in written English, the 3,875th 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 extraordinary?
- UK /ɪkˈstɹɔːdɪn(ə)ɹi/
- UK /ˌɛkstɹəˈɔːɹdɪn(ə)ɹi/
- US /ɪkˈstɹɔɹdɪnɛɹi/
Extraordinary has 6 syllables, split ex·tra(·)or·di·na·ry in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-extraordinary.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with extraordinary
Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).
Also written: extra-ordinary (one word or two).
Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with extraordinary?
One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as extraordinary from its last stressed vowel (/ɔɹdɪnɛɹi/):
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 extraordinary
- more extraordinary comparative
- most extraordinary superlative
- extra-ordinary
- extraördinary rare
- extraordinaries plural
- more extraördinary comparative
- most extraördinary superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does extraordinary mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Out of the ordinary; exceptional; unusual.
Except in extraordinary circumstances, […]
- 2
Remarkably good.
an extraordinary poet
- 3
Special or supernumerary.
the physician extraordinary in a royal household
noun
- 1
Anything that goes beyond what is ordinary.
adjective
- 1
rareRare spelling of extraordinary.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Extraordinary in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | extraordinaire |
| German | außerordentlich, außergewöhnlich |
| Portuguese | extraordinário, extraordinária |
| Spanish | extraordinario, descomunal, macanudo, de aúpa , pulenta |
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 extraordinary come from?
From Latin extrāōrdinārius, from extrā ōrdinem (“outside the order”). By surface analysis, extra- + ordinary. Doublet of extraordinaire.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).