poetical
po·et·ic·al/poʊˈɛtɪkl̩/adjective
poetical is spelled P-O-E-T-I-C-A-L: 8 letters and 4 syllables (po·et·ic·al). It appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 48,775th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, poetical means “Synonym of poetic” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in poetical?
| Letters | 8: P-O-E-T-I-C-A-L |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4: po·et·ic·al |
| In writing | about once in every 3 million words; the 48,775th 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 poetical?
Poetical appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 48,775th 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 poetical?
- US /poʊˈɛtɪkl̩/
- UK /pəʊˈɛtɪkl̩/
Poetical has 4 syllables, split po·et·ic·al in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Flame,_not_lame-poetical.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of poetical
- more poetical comparative
- most poetical superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does poetical mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Synonym of poetic.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does poetical come from?
From Middle English poetical, possibly equivalent to poet + -ical.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).