spacelike
/ˈspeɪslaɪk/adjective
spacelike is spelled S-P-A-C-E-L-I-K-E: 9 letters. It appears about once in every 36 million words in written English, the 184,844th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, spacelike means “having the properties of space” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in spacelike?
| Letters | 9: S-P-A-C-E-L-I-K-E |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 36 million words; the 184,844th 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 spacelike?
Spacelike appears about once in every 36 million words in written English, the 184,844th 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 spacelike?
- /ˈspeɪslaɪk/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of spacelike
- space-like
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does spacelike mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
having the properties of space
- 2
lying outside each other's light cone, so that no information can pass from one to the other
- 3
having a space component of greater magnitude than its time component multiplied by the speed of light
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Spacelike in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense having the properties of space:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | raumartig |
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 spacelike come from?
From space + -like. Compare spacely.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).