meteorological
me·te·o·ro·lo·gi·cal/ˌmitiəɹəˈlɑd͡ʒɪkl̩/adjective
meteorological is spelled M-E-T-E-O-R-O-L-O-G-I-C-A-L, 7 syllables: me·te·o·ro·lo·gi·cal. The wrong spelling people search most is meterological: about 30 Bing searches a month in the United States (September 2025 to August 2026), about 1 in 10 of all searches for the word. Meteorological is an adjective meaning “Of or pertaining to meteorology”.
How many letters and syllables are in meteorological?
| Letters | 14: M-E-T-E-O-R-O-L-O-G-I-C-A-L |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 7: me·te·o·ro·lo·gi·cal |
| In writing | 2.5 times per million words; the 17,342nd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | 1; the most searched, meterological, about 30 Bing searches a month (all of them) |
| Rhymes with |
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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How do you spell meteorological?
Meteorological is spelled M-E-T-E-O-R-O-L-O-G-I-C-A-L. One wrong spelling is searched or written often enough to measure; together they are about 1 in 10 of the searches for meteorological 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 meteorological?
Meteorological appears 2.5 times per million words in written English, the 17,342nd 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 meteorological?
- US /ˌmitiəɹəˈlɑd͡ʒɪkl̩/
- UK /ˌmiːtɪəɹəˈlɒd͡ʒɪkl̩/
Meteorological has 7 syllables, split me·te·o·ro·lo·gi·cal in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-meteorological.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with meteorological?
5 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as meteorological from its last stressed vowel (/ɑdʒɪkl/):
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).
What does meteorological mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Of or pertaining to meteorology.
The trip was postponed because the meteorological conditions were so bad.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Meteorological in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense relating to meteorology:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | météorologique |
| German | Wetter-, meteorologisch |
| Portuguese | meteorológico |
| Spanish | meteorológico |
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 meteorological come from?
From meteorology + -ical.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).