spermicidal
adjective, noun
spermicidal is spelled S-P-E-R-M-I-C-I-D-A-L: 11 letters. It appears about once in every 28 million words in written English, the 159,707th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, spermicidal means “Having the ability to kill sperm” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in spermicidal?
| Letters | 11: S-P-E-R-M-I-C-I-D-A-L |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 28 million words; the 159,707th 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 spermicidal?
Spermicidal appears about once in every 28 million words in written English, the 159,707th 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 spermicidal?
- US
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Flame,_not_lame-spermicidal.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of spermicidal
- spermicidals plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does spermicidal mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Having the ability to kill sperm.
noun
- 1
A spermicide.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does spermicidal come from?
From spermicide + -al.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).