lexicographical
adjective
lexicographical is spelled L-E-X-I-C-O-G-R-A-P-H-I-C-A-L. The wrong spelling people search most is lexigraphical: about 10 Bing searches a month in the United States (September 2025 to August 2026), about 2 in 10 of all searches for the word. Lexicographical is an adjective meaning “Relating to lexicography”.
How many letters and syllables are in lexicographical?
| Letters | 15: L-E-X-I-C-O-G-R-A-P-H-I-C-A-L |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 21 million words; the 138,319th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | 1; the most searched, lexigraphical, about 10 Bing searches a month (all of them) |
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); 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 do you spell lexicographical?
Lexicographical is spelled L-E-X-I-C-O-G-R-A-P-H-I-C-A-L. One wrong spelling is searched or written often enough to measure; together they are about 2 in 10 of the searches for lexicographical in either form.
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). Wrong spellings are taken from Wiktionary entries tagged "misspelling" and its obsolete or nonstandard forms, Wikipedia's Lists of common misspellings and the codespell dictionary, then measured. The proofreader's marks show the change that corrects each one.
How common is lexicographical?
Lexicographical appears about once in every 21 million words in written English, the 138,319th 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).
Forms of lexicographical
- more lexicographical comparative
- most lexicographical superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does lexicographical mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Relating to lexicography.
- 2
Meeting lexicographical standards or requirements; worthy of being included in a dictionary.
- 3
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).