hormonal
/hɔɹˈmoʊnəl/adjective
hormonal is spelled H-O-R-M-O-N-A-L: 8 letters and 3 syllables. It appears 2.1 times per million words in written English, the 18,811th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, hormonal means “Pertaining to hormones” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in hormonal?
| Letters | 8: H-O-R-M-O-N-A-L |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 2.1 times per million words; the 18,811th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| 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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is hormonal?
Hormonal appears 2.1 times per million words in written English, the 18,811th 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 hormonal?
- US /hɔɹˈmoʊnəl/
Hormonal 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: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-hormonal.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with hormonal?
4 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as hormonal from its last stressed vowel (/oʊnəl/):
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 hormonal
- more hormonal comparative
- most hormonal superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does hormonal mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Pertaining to hormones.
- 2
colloquialOf or pertaining to the menstrual cycle.
- 3
Strongly affected by one's hormones.
a hormonal teenage boy
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Hormonal in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense pertaining to hormones:
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 hormonal come from?
From hormone + -al.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).