# spiritual

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈspɪɹɪtʃʊəl/ · frequency rank #3,656

## Definitions
1. Of or pertaining to the spirit or the soul.
2. Of or pertaining to God or a place of worship; sacred, pure; (Christianity, specifically) inspired by the Holy Spirit.
3. Of or pertaining to spirits; supernatural.
4. Consisting of spirit; not material; incorporeal.
5. Of or relating to the intellectual and higher endowments of the mind; mental; intellectual.
6. Not lay or temporal; relating to sacred things; ecclesiastical.

## Etymology
From Middle English spiritual, spirituel, from Old French spirituel, from Late Latin spīrituālis, from Latin spīritus. By surface analysis, spirit + -ual.

## Easily confused with
- **spiritually** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spiritual-vs-spiritually)

## Common misspellings (13)
`psiritual`, `sipritual`, `spiirtual`, `spiritaul`, `spirittual`, `spirituall`, `spiritula`, `spiriutal`, `spirritual`, `spirtiual`, `sppiritual`, `spriitual`, `sspiritual`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/spiritual