intraspecific
adjective
intraspecific is an adjective meaning “Occurring among members of the same species” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled I-N-T-R-A-S-P-E-C-I-F-I-C and has 5 syllables, and it appears about once in every 13 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does intraspecific mean?
adjective
- 1
Occurring among members of the same species.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce intraspecific?
Intraspecific has 5 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).
Forms of intraspecific
- more intraspecific comparative
- most intraspecific superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is intraspecific?
Intraspecific appears about once in every 13 million words in written English, the 106,501st 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).
Intraspecific in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense Occurring among members of the same species:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | intraspécifique |
| Portuguese | intra-específico |
| Spanish | intraespecífico |
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 intraspecific come from?
From intra- + specific.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).