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logical

/ˈlɑd͡ʒɪkəl/adjective

logical is spelled L-O-G-I-C-A-L: 7 letters and 3 syllables. It appears 14 times per million words in written English, the 5,679th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, logical means “In agreement with the principles of logic” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

How many letters and syllables are in logical?

Letters7: L-O-G-I-C-A-L
Syllables3 (from its American pronunciation)
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 and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; 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 logical?

Logical 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 logical?

  • UK /ˈlɒd͡ʒɪkəl/
  • US /ˈlɑd͡ʒɪkəl/

Logical 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: En-us-logical.ogg, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl--logical.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

What rhymes with logical?

The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as logical from its last stressed vowel (/ɑdʒɪkəl/):

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 logical

  • more logical comparative
  • most logical superlative

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

What does logical mean?

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

adjective

  1. 1

    In agreement with the principles of logic.

    Near-synonyms: sequacious, sensible

  2. 2

    Reasonable.

  3. 3

    Of or pertaining to logic.

    It's not logical, it's God!

  4. 4

    Relating to the conceptual model of a system rather than its physical expression

    Logical memory appears contiguous to an application program, but may well be stored on several physical devices, including in RAM and on hard-disks, as determined by the operating system.

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

Logical in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

LanguageWords
Frenchlogique (in agreement with the principles of logic), -logique (used to form adjectival forms of nouns)
Germanlogisch (in agreement with the principles of logic), -logisch (used to form adjectival forms of nouns)
Portugueselógico (in agreement with the principles of logic), -lógico (used to form adjectival forms of nouns)
Spanishlógico (in agreement with the principles of logic), -lógico (used to form adjectival forms of nouns), logical (of or pertaining to logic)

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 logical come from?

From logic + -al. Displaced native Old English flitcræftlīċ.

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

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