surgical
/ˈsɝd͡ʒɪkəl/adjective
surgical is spelled S-U-R-G-I-C-A-L: 8 letters and 3 syllables. It appears 11 times per million words in written English, the 6,565th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, surgical means “Of, relating to, used in, or resulting from surgery” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in surgical?
| Letters | 8: S-U-R-G-I-C-A-L |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 11 times per million words; the 6,565th 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 surgical?
Surgical appears 11 times per million words in written English, the 6,565th 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 surgical?
- UK /ˈsɜːd͡ʒɪkəl/
- US /ˈsɝd͡ʒɪkəl/
Surgical 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-surgical.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of surgical
- more surgical comparative
- most surgical superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does surgical mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Of, relating to, used in, or resulting from surgery.
- 2
Precise or very accurate.
The building was destroyed with a surgical air-strike.
- 3
Excruciatingly or wearyingly drawn-out.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate surgical?
Wiktionary records one abbreviation of surgical: surg..
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Surgical in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense of or relating to surgery:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | chirurgical |
| German | chirurgisch |
| Portuguese | cirúrgico |
| Spanish | quirúrgico |
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.