extravehicular
adjective
extravehicular is spelled E-X-T-R-A-V-E-H-I-C-U-L-A-R: 14 letters. It appears about once in every 20 million words in written English, the 134,976th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, extravehicular means “Relating to, on happening in, the space outside a vehicle, especially a spacecraft in space” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in extravehicular?
| Letters | 14: E-X-T-R-A-V-E-H-I-C-U-L-A-R |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 20 million words; the 134,976th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is extravehicular?
Extravehicular appears about once in every 20 million words in written English, the 134,976th 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).
Forms of extravehicular
- extra-vehicular
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does extravehicular mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Relating to, on happening in, the space outside a vehicle, especially a spacecraft in space
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does extravehicular come from?
From extra- + vehicular.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).