lexical
/ˈlɛksɪkəl/adjective
lexical is spelled L-E-X-I-C-A-L: 7 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 29,649th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, lexical means “Concerning the vocabulary, words, sentences or morphemes of a language” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in lexical?
| Letters | 7: L-E-X-I-C-A-L |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 1 million words; the 29,649th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in 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).
How common is lexical?
Lexical appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 29,649th 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 lexical?
- /ˈlɛksɪkəl/
Lexical 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: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-lexical.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What does lexical mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Concerning the vocabulary, words, sentences or morphemes of a language.
- 2
Concerning lexicography or a lexicon or dictionary.
- 3
Denoting a content word as opposed to a function word.
a lexical verb
- 4
Relating to alphabetical order or a generalization thereof.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Lexical in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense of a language's vocabulary:
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 lexical come from?
From Latin lexis, from Ancient Greek λέξις (léxis, “word”) + -al.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).