instructional
adjective, noun
instructional is an adjective meaning “Intended for purposes of instruction, for teaching” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled I-N-S-T-R-U-C-T-I-O-N-A-L and has 4 syllables, and it appears 3.2 times per million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does instructional mean?
adjective
- 1
Intended for purposes of instruction, for teaching.
The manual might have been instructional had anybody actually taken the time to read it.
- 2
Relating to the teaching profession.
There are 33 instructional resignations tonight, double the amount at this time last year.
noun
- 1
A book, film, etc. intended to instruct.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce instructional?
Instructional 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)-Vealhurl-instructional.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of instructional
- more instructional comparative
- most instructional superlative
- instructionals plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is instructional?
Instructional appears 3.2 times per million words in written English, the 14,731st 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).
Instructional in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense Intended for purposes of instruction, for teaching:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Portuguese | instrutivo, pedagógico, didático |
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 instructional come from?
From instruction + -al.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).