precognitive
/pɹiˈkɑɡ.nə.tɪv/adjective, noun
precognitive is spelled P-R-E-C-O-G-N-I-T-I-V-E: 12 letters and 4 syllables. It appears about once in every 15 million words in written English, the 118,441st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, precognitive means “Pertaining to the ability to see or predict future events” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in precognitive?
| Letters | 12: P-R-E-C-O-G-N-I-T-I-V-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4 (from its pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 15 million words; the 118,441st 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 precognitive?
Precognitive appears about once in every 15 million words in written English, the 118,441st 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 precognitive?
- US /pɹiˈkɑɡ.nə.tɪv/
Precognitive has 4 syllables (counted from the pronunciation).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-precognitive.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of precognitive
- more precognitive comparative
- most precognitive superlative
- precognitives plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does precognitive mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Pertaining to the ability to see or predict future events.
noun
- 1
A precognitive person, a seer.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate precognitive?
Wiktionary records one abbreviation of precognitive: precog.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does precognitive come from?
From pre- + cognitive.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).