genital
/ˈd͡ʒɛnətəl/adjective, noun
genital is spelled G-E-N-I-T-A-L: 7 letters and 3 syllables. It appears 2.8 times per million words in written English, the 16,005th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, genital means “Of or relating to biological reproduction” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in genital?
| Letters | 7: G-E-N-I-T-A-L |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 2.8 times per million words; the 16,005th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is genital?
Genital appears 2.8 times per million words in written English, the 16,005th 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 genital?
- /ˈd͡ʒɛnətəl/
- /ˈd͡ʒɛnɪtəl/
Genital has 3 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: En-us-genital.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with genital?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as genital.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: tagline, gelatin.
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 genital
- genitals plural
- genitalia plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does genital mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Of or relating to biological reproduction.
- 2
Of or relating to the genitalia.
- 3
Of or relating to psychosexual development during puberty.
noun
- 1
rareA genital organ.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Genital in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense of, or relating to biological reproduction:
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 genital come from?
From Middle English genital, from Latin genitalis (“of or belonging to generation”), from genitus, past participle of gignō (“to beget, generate”); see genus.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).