nutritional
/nuˈtɹɪʃ.ə.nəl/adjective
nutritional is spelled N-U-T-R-I-T-I-O-N-A-L: 11 letters and 4 syllables. It appears 4.4 times per million words in written English, the 12,216th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, nutritional means “Of, pertaining to, or providing nutrition” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in nutritional?
| Letters | 11: N-U-T-R-I-T-I-O-N-A-L |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 4.4 times per million words; the 12,216th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is nutritional?
Nutritional appears 4.4 times per million words in written English, the 12,216th 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 nutritional?
- UK /njuːˈtɹɪʃ.ə.nəl/
- US /nuˈtɹɪʃ.ə.nəl/
- US /njuˈtɹɪʃ.ə.nəl/
Nutritional has 4 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)-Qwertygiy-nutritional.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with nutritional?
4 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as nutritional from its last stressed vowel (/ɪʃənəl/):
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).
Forms of nutritional
- more nutritional comparative
- most nutritional superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does nutritional mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Of, pertaining to, or providing nutrition.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Nutritional in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense pertaining to nutrition:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | alimentaire |
| German | Ernährungs- |
| Portuguese | nutricional |
| Spanish | alimenticio, nutricional |
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 nutritional come from?
From nutrition + -al.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).