medial
/ˈmiː.di.əl/adjective, noun
medial is spelled M-E-D-I-A-L: 6 letters and 3 syllables. It appears 1.6 times per million words in written English, the 22,073rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, medial means “Of or pertaining to a mean or average” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in medial?
| Letters | 6: M-E-D-I-A-L |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.6 times per million words; the 22,073rd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
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 medial?
Medial appears 1.6 times per million words in written English, the 22,073rd 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 medial?
- /ˈmiː.di.əl/
Medial 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)-I_learned_some_phrases-medial.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with medial?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as medial.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: mailed.
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 medial
- more medial comparative
- most medial superlative
- medials plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does medial mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Of or pertaining to a mean or average.
medial allegation
- 2
Pertaining to the inside; closer to the median plane of the body or the midline of an organ.
The medial side of the knee faces the other knee, while the outer side of the knee is lateral.
- 3
Pertaining to the middle layer of a blood vessel, to its tunica media.
Mönckeberg medial sclerosis
- 4
Of or pertaining to the media and/or the areas of the wing next to it.
- 5
(of a speech sound, or a character or sequence thereof) In the middle of a word.
- 6
(of a consonant) Central: produced when air flows across the center of the mouth over the tongue.
- 7
Closer to the addressee.
noun
- 1
Any of various things that occur in the middle.
- 2
One or more letters that occur in the middle of a word.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Medial in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
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 medial come from?
Borrowed from Latin mediālis (“middle”), from medius (“that is in the middle or midst”) + -ālis (“-al”, adjectival suffix).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).