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lecture

lec·tureUK /ˈlɛk.t͡ʃə/noun, verb

lecture is spelled L-E-C-T-U-R-E: 7 letters and 2 syllables (lec·ture). It appears 14 times per million words in written English, the 5,679th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, lecture means “A spoken lesson or exposition, usually delivered to a group” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of lecture is lectures.

How many letters and syllables are in lecture?

Letters7: L-E-C-T-U-R-E
Syllables2: lec·ture
In writing14 times per million words; the 5,679th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search
Rhymes with

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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.

How common is lecture?

Lecture appears 14 times per million words in written English, the 5,679th 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 lecture?

  • UK /ˈlɛk.t͡ʃə/
  • UK [ˈlɛk.t͡ʃə]
  • Australia /ˈlek.t͡ʃə/

Lecture has 2 syllables, split lec·ture in writing.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-lecture.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

What rhymes with lecture?

One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as lecture from its last stressed vowel (/ɛktʃə/, British pronunciation):

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 lecture

  • lectures plural, present, singular, he/she/it
  • lecturing participle, present
  • lectured participle, past

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

What does lecture mean?

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

noun

  1. 1

    A spoken lesson or exposition, usually delivered to a group.

    During class today the professor delivered an interesting lecture.

  2. 2

    A class that primarily consists of a (weekly or other regularly held) lecture (as in sense 1), usually at college or university.

    We will not have lecture tomorrow.

  3. 3

    A berating or scolding, especially if lengthy, formal or given in a stern or angry manner.

    I really don't want you to give me a lecture about my bad eating habits.

  4. 4

    obsoleteThe act of reading.

    the lecture of Holy Scripture

verb

  1. 1

    To teach (somebody) by giving a speech on a given topic.

    The professor lectured to two classes this morning.

  2. 2

    To preach, to berate, to scold.

    Emily's father lectured her about the importance of being home before midnight.

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

How do you abbreviate lecture?

Wiktionary records one abbreviation of lecture: lect..

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

Lecture in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

LanguageWords
Frenchconférence, cours magistral (a spoken lesson), donner une conférence, donner un cours magistral (to teach), gronder, faire la leçon (to berate, to scold)
GermanVorlesung, Vortrag (a spoken lesson), Vorlesung halten (to teach)
Portugueseconferência, palestra (a spoken lesson), palestrar (to teach)
Spanishaleccionamiento, lectivo (a spoken lesson), aleccionar, dictar, impartir (to teach), sermonear (to berate, to scold)

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 lecture come from?

From Middle English lecture, lectour, letture, letteur, lettur, lectury, from Medieval Latin or Late Latin lectura (“reading”), from Latin lectus, past participle of legō (“to read, recite”). Doublet of lector.

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

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