# nautical

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈnɔː.tɪ.kəl/ · frequency rank #15,228

## Definitions
1. Relating to or involving ships or shipping or navigation or seamen.

## Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French nautique + -al, from Latin nauticus (“of or relating to sailors”), from Ancient Greek ναυτικός (nautikós).

## Common misspellings (11)
`anutical`, `natuical`, `nauitcal`, `nautcial`, `nautiacl`, `nauticall`, `nauticcal`, `nauticla`, `nauttical`, `nnautical`, `nuatical`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/nautical