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implicit

/ɪmˈplɪsɪt/adjective

implicit is spelled I-M-P-L-I-C-I-T: 8 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). People search “explicit vs implicit” about 12,100 times a month (Google, United States). As an adjective, implicit means “Suggested indirectly, without being directly expressed; Implied” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

How many letters and syllables are in implicit?

Letters8: I-M-P-L-I-C-I-T
Syllables3 (from its American pronunciation)
In writing2.8 times per million words; the 16,005th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search
Pairs people search

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).

How common is implicit?

Implicit 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 implicit?

  • /ɪmˈplɪsɪt/

Implicit 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-implicit.ogg, En-au-implicit.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

Words people confuse with implicit

Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).

explicit vs implicit12,100 G

Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).

What does implicit mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

adjective

  1. 1

    Suggested indirectly, without being directly expressed; Implied.

    Poets often leave behind an implicit message within their words.

  2. 2

    Contained in the essential nature of something but not openly shown.

  3. 3

    Having no reservations or doubts; unquestioning or unconditional; usually said of faith or trust.

  4. 4

    obsoleteentangled, twisted together.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Implicit in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

LanguageWords
Frenchimplicite, tacite (implied indirectly), inhérent (contained in the essential nature), absolu, aveugle (unquestioning or unconditional)
Germanimplizit, stillschweigend (implied indirectly)
Portugueseimplícito (implied indirectly), intrínseco (contained in the essential nature), absoluto (unquestioning or unconditional)
Spanishimplícito, tácito (implied indirectly)

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 implicit come from?

From Middle French implicite, from Latin implicitus, past participle of implico (“to infold, involve, entangle”); see implicate.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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