nontraditional
adjective
nontraditional is spelled N-O-N-T-R-A-D-I-T-I-O-N-A-L: 14 letters and 5 syllables. It appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 47,073rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, nontraditional means “Not traditional; not related to tradition, untraditional” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in nontraditional?
| Letters | 14: N-O-N-T-R-A-D-I-T-I-O-N-A-L |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 5 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 3 million words; the 47,073rd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Pairs people search |
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 common is nontraditional?
Nontraditional appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 47,073rd 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 nontraditional?
Nontraditional 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).
Words people confuse with nontraditional
Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).
Also written: non-traditional (one word or two).
Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
Forms of nontraditional
- non-traditional
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does nontraditional mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Not traditional; not related to tradition, untraditional.
- 2
Innovative; new; daring.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).