genealogical
/ˌd͡ʒiniəˈlɑd͡ʒɪkəl/adjective
genealogical is spelled G-E-N-E-A-L-O-G-I-C-A-L. The wrong spelling people search most is geneological: about 30 Bing searches a month in the United States (September 2025 to August 2026), about 1 in 10 of all searches for the word. Genealogical is an adjective meaning “Of or relating to genealogy”.
How many letters and syllables are in genealogical?
| Letters | 12: G-E-N-E-A-L-O-G-I-C-A-L |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 6 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.1 times per million words; the 27,462nd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | 1; the most searched, geneological, about 30 Bing searches a month (all of them) |
| Rhymes with |
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); 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 genealogical?
Genealogical is spelled G-E-N-E-A-L-O-G-I-C-A-L. One wrong spelling is searched or written often enough to measure; together they are about 1 in 10 of the searches for genealogical 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 genealogical?
Genealogical appears 1.1 times per million words in written English, the 27,462nd 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 genealogical?
- US /ˌd͡ʒiniəˈlɑd͡ʒɪkəl/
Genealogical has 6 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: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-genealogical.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with genealogical?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as genealogical from its last stressed vowel (/ɑdʒɪkəl/):
- biological
- logical
- technological
- geological
- ideological
- neurological
- physiological
- chronological
- pathological
- pedagogical
- methodological
- phonological
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 genealogical
- more genealogical comparative
- most genealogical superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does genealogical mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Of or relating to genealogy.
- 2
Of the relationships among individuals within a species.
- 3
Genetic (based on shared membership in a linguistic family).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Genealogical in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense of or relating to genealogy:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | généalogique |
| German | genealogisch |
| Portuguese | genealógico |
| Spanish | genealógico |
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 genealogical come from?
From French généalogique + -al, equivalent to genealogy + -ical.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).