pragmatics
/pɹæɡˈmæ.tɪks/noun
pragmatics is spelled P-R-A-G-M-A-T-I-C-S: 10 letters. It appears about once in every 5 million words in written English, the 69,055th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, pragmatics means “The study of the use of language, especially meaning, in a social context; it includes extratextual aspects of language including exophoric…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in pragmatics?
| Letters | 10: P-R-A-G-M-A-T-I-C-S |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 5 million words; the 69,055th 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 pragmatics?
Pragmatics appears about once in every 5 million words in written English, the 69,055th 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 pragmatics?
- /pɹæɡˈmæ.tɪks/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Wodencafe-pragmatics.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What does pragmatics mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The study of the use of language, especially meaning, in a social context; it includes extratextual aspects of language including exophoric reference, phatic utterances, and nonverbal channels.
Holonym: linguistics
- 2
plural of pragmatic
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Pragmatics in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense study of the use of the language in a social context:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | pragmatique |
| German | Pragmatik, Pragmatiklinguistik |
| Portuguese | pragmática |
| Spanish | pragmática, pragmalingüística |
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.