sequential
/səˈkwɛntʃəl/adjective
sequential is spelled S-E-Q-U-E-N-T-I-A-L: 10 letters and 3 syllables. It appears 1.9 times per million words in written English, the 19,825th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, sequential means “Succeeding or following in order” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in sequential?
| Letters | 10: S-E-Q-U-E-N-T-I-A-L |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.9 times per million words; the 19,825th 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 sequential?
Sequential appears 1.9 times per million words in written English, the 19,825th 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 sequential?
- /səˈkwɛntʃəl/
Sequential 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-sequential.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What does sequential mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Succeeding or following in order.
- 2
Expressing succession of events.
- 3
Executed as a sequence of instructions, without concurrency or parallelism.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Sequential in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense sequential:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | sequenziell |
| Spanish | secuencial |
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 sequential come from?
From Latin sequentia + -al.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).