sensical
sens·i·cal/ˈsɛnsɪk(ə)l/adjective
sensical is spelled S-E-N-S-I-C-A-L: 8 letters and 3 syllables (sens·i·cal). It appears about once in every 23 million words in written English, the 145,125th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, sensical means “That makes sense; showing internal logic; rational, sensible” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in sensical?
| Letters | 8: S-E-N-S-I-C-A-L |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3: sens·i·cal |
| In writing | about once in every 23 million words; the 145,125th 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 sensical?
Sensical appears about once in every 23 million words in written English, the 145,125th 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 sensical?
- UK /ˈsɛnsɪkl̩/
- US /ˈsɛnsɪk(ə)l/
- US /-sə-/
Sensical has 3 syllables, split sens·i·cal in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-au-sensical.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of sensical
- more sensical comparative
- most sensical superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does sensical mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
rareThat makes sense; showing internal logic; rational, sensible.
- 2
Having meaning, making sense semantically
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does sensical come from?
From sense + -ical; later uses are probably a back-formation from nonsensical.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).