governmental
/ˌɡʌvɚnˈmɛnt(ə)l/adjective
governmental is spelled G-O-V-E-R-N-M-E-N-T-A-L. The wrong spelling people search most is govermental: about 20 Bing searches a month in the United States (September 2025 to August 2026), about 1 in 10 of all searches for the word. Governmental is an adjective meaning “Relating to a government”.
How many letters and syllables are in governmental?
| Letters | 12: G-O-V-E-R-N-M-E-N-T-A-L |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 7.1 times per million words; the 8,918th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | 1; the most searched, govermental, about 20 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 governmental?
Governmental is spelled G-O-V-E-R-N-M-E-N-T-A-L. One wrong spelling is searched or written often enough to measure; together they are about 1 in 10 of the searches for governmental 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 governmental?
Governmental appears 7.1 times per million words in written English, the 8,918th 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 governmental?
- UK /ˌɡʌv(ə)nˈmɛnt(ə)l/
- US /ˌɡʌvɚnˈmɛnt(ə)l/
Governmental has 4 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)-Vininn126-governmental.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with governmental?
4 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as governmental from its last stressed vowel (/ɛntl/):
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 governmental
- more governmental comparative
- most governmental superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does governmental mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Relating to a government.
governmental agency
- 2
Relating to governing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Governmental in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense relating to a government:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | gouvernemental |
| German | Regierungs- |
| Portuguese | governamental |
| Spanish | gubernamental |
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 governmental come from?
From government + -al.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).