paradisiacal
/pæɹədɪˈsaɪəkəl/adjective
paradisiacal is spelled P-A-R-A-D-I-S-I-A-C-A-L: 12 letters. It appears about once in every 38 million words in written English, the 189,524th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, paradisiacal means “Of or resembling paradise” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in paradisiacal?
| Letters | 12: P-A-R-A-D-I-S-I-A-C-A-L |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 38 million words; the 189,524th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is paradisiacal?
Paradisiacal appears about once in every 38 million words in written English, the 189,524th 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 paradisiacal?
- /pæɹədɪˈsaɪəkəl/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-paradisiacal.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of paradisiacal
- more paradisiacal comparative
- most paradisiacal superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does paradisiacal mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Of or resembling paradise.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Paradisiacal in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense resembling paradise:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | paradisiaque |
| German | paradiesisch |
| Portuguese | paradisíaco |
| Spanish | paradisíaco, paradisiaco |
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 paradisiacal come from?
Learned borrowing from Latin paradīsiacus + -al.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).