sensory
/ˈsɛn.sə.ɹi/adjective, noun
sensory is spelled S-E-N-S-O-R-Y: 7 letters and 3 syllables. It appears 4.8 times per million words in written English, the 11,541st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, sensory means “Of the physical senses or sensation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in sensory?
| Letters | 7: S-E-N-S-O-R-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 4.8 times per million words; the 11,541st most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is sensory?
Sensory appears 4.8 times per million words in written English, the 11,541st 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 sensory?
- US /ˈsɛn.sə.ɹi/
- Australia /ˈsen.sə.ɹi/
Sensory has 3 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-sensory.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of sensory
- sensoric
- sensories plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does sensory mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Of the physical senses or sensation.
- 2
Conveying nerve impulses from the sense organs to the nerve centers.
sensory neurons
noun
- 1
datedThe sensorium.
- 2
obsoleteAn organ or faculty of sense.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate sensory?
Wiktionary records one abbreviation of sensory: CSM.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Sensory in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense of the senses or sensation:
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.
Where does sensory come from?
From sense + -ory.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).