metaphysical
/ˌmɛtəˈfɪzɪkəl/adjective
metaphysical is spelled M-E-T-A-P-H-Y-S-I-C-A-L. The wrong spelling people search most is mataphysical: about 10 Bing searches a month in the United States (September 2025 to August 2026), about 1 in 200 of all searches for the word. Metaphysical is an adjective meaning “Of or pertaining to metaphysics”.
How many letters and syllables are in metaphysical?
| Letters | 12: M-E-T-A-P-H-Y-S-I-C-A-L |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 5 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.7 times per million words; the 21,798th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | 2; the most searched, mataphysical, about 10 Bing searches a month (all of them) |
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); 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 metaphysical?
Metaphysical is spelled M-E-T-A-P-H-Y-S-I-C-A-L. 2 wrong spellings are searched or written often enough to measure; together they are about 1 in 101 of the searches for metaphysical 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 metaphysical?
Metaphysical appears 1.7 times per million words in written English, the 21,798th 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 metaphysical?
- /ˌmɛtəˈfɪzɪkəl/
Metaphysical has 5 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)-Vininn126-metaphysical.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What does metaphysical mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Of or pertaining to metaphysics.
- 2
Being an adherent of the philosophy of metaphysics.
- 3
Immaterial, supersensual, beyond the physical.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Metaphysical in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense of or pertaining to metaphysics:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | métaphysique |
| German | metaphysisch |
| Portuguese | metafísico |
| Spanish | metafísico |
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 metaphysical come from?
From Middle English metaphisicalle, methafisical, from Medieval Latin metaphysicālis. By surface analysis, meta- + physical.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).