# positional

> English word · Adjective · frequency rank #29,044

## Definitions
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.

## Etymology
From position + -al.

## Easily confused with
- **positions** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/positional-vs-positions)
- **positioned** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/positional-vs-positioned)
- **position** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/position-vs-positional)

## Common misspellings (14)
`opsitional`, `poistional`, `posiitonal`, `positinoal`, `positioanl`, `positionall`, `positionla`, `positionnal`, `positoinal`, `posittional`, `possitional`, `postiional`, `ppositional`, `psoitional`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/positional