implicature
/ɪmˈplɪkət͡ʃɚ/noun
implicature is spelled I-M-P-L-I-C-A-T-U-R-E: 11 letters. It appears about once in every 49 million words in written English, the 217,360th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, implicature means “An implied meaning that does not semantically entail” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of implicature is implicatures.
How many letters and syllables are in implicature?
| Letters | 11: I-M-P-L-I-C-A-T-U-R-E |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 49 million words; the 217,360th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none 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 implicature?
Implicature appears about once in every 49 million words in written English, the 217,360th 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 implicature?
- UK /ɪmˈplɪkət͡ʃə/
- US /ɪmˈplɪkət͡ʃɚ/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-implicature.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of implicature
- implicatures plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does implicature mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
An implied meaning that does not semantically entail.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Implicature in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense An implied meaning:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | implicature |
| German | Implikatur |
| Portuguese | implicatura |
| Spanish | implicatura |
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 implicature come from?
Coined by British philosopher Paul Grice before or in 1967.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).