positional
adjective, noun
positional is spelled P-O-S-I-T-I-O-N-A-L: 10 letters. It appears 1.0 times per million words in written English, the 28,918th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, positional means “Relating to the position of something” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in positional?
| Letters | 10: P-O-S-I-T-I-O-N-A-L |
|---|---|
| In writing | 1.0 times per million words; the 28,918th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is positional?
Positional appears 1.0 times per million words in written English, the 28,918th 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 positional?
- US
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Flame,_not_lame-positional.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with positional?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as positional.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: spoliation.
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 positional
- positionals plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does positional mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Relating to the position of something.
- 2
Having or pertaining to a value that is a function of its social desirability, as opposed to its utility.
- 3
Based on long-term strategy, on gaining and exploiting small advantages, and on analyzing the larger position, rather than calculating more immediate tactics.
- 4
An argument that is passed to a subroutine according to its position in the invocation code, rather than on its name; compare with named.
noun
- 1
A member of a class of verb in some languages that indicates position or posture.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does positional come from?
From position + -al.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).