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extravert

noun, adjective, verb

extravert is spelled E-X-T-R-A-V-E-R-T: 9 letters. It appears about once in every 35 million words in written English, the 180,281st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, extravert means “Alternative spelling of extrovert” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of extravert is extraverts.

How many letters and syllables are in extravert?

Letters9: E-X-T-R-A-V-E-R-T
In writingabout once in every 35 million words; the 180,281st most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone 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 extravert?

Extravert appears about once in every 35 million words in written English, the 180,281st 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 extravert

  • extraverts plural, present, singular, he/she/it
  • more extravert comparative
  • most extravert superlative
  • extraverting participle, present
  • extraverted participle, past

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does extravert mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

noun

  1. 1

    Alternative spelling of extrovert.

    An Extravert can hardly conceive the necessity which compels the Introvert to conquer the world by means of a system.

adjective

  1. 1

    Alternative spelling of extrovert.

verb

  1. 1

    Alternative spelling of extrovert, especially (early chemistry, obsolete) so as to be visible.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Where does extravert come from?

As a verb, from New Latin extrāvertō, from Classical Latin extrā- (“outside”) + vertō (“to turn”). As a noun and adjective, a back-formation from extraversion. Popularized in psychology by translations of German works by Carl Jung. By surface analysis, extra- + -vert.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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