SQL
/ɛs kjuː ɛl/noun
SQL is spelled S-Q-L: 3 letters and 3 syllables. It appears 2.4 times per million words in written English, the 17,587th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, SQL means “Initialism of Structured Query Language” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in SQL?
| Letters | 3: S-Q-L |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 2.4 times per million words; the 17,587th 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 SQL?
SQL appears 2.4 times per million words in written English, the 17,587th 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 SQL?
- /ɛs kjuː ɛl/
- /ˈsiːkwəl/
As a noun (“Initialism of standard quantum limit”): /ɛs kjuː ɛl/.
SQL 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: En-us-SQL.ogg, En-us-sequel.ogg, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Flame,_not_lame-SQL.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What does SQL mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Initialism of Structured Query Language.
- 2
Initialism of standard quantum limit.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
SQL in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense SQL (Structured Query Language):
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | SQL |
| Spanish | SQL |
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.