metacognitive
adjective
metacognitive is spelled M-E-T-A-C-O-G-N-I-T-I-V-E: 13 letters. It appears about once in every 15 million words in written English, the 118,441st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, metacognitive means “Pertaining to metacognition” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in metacognitive?
| Letters | 13: M-E-T-A-C-O-G-N-I-T-I-V-E |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 15 million words; the 118,441st most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is metacognitive?
Metacognitive appears about once in every 15 million words in written English, the 118,441st 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).
What does metacognitive mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Pertaining to metacognition.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Metacognitive in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense Translations:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | metakognitiv |
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 metacognitive come from?
From meta- + cognitive.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).