syntactic
/sɪnˈtæktɪk/adjective
syntactic is spelled S-Y-N-T-A-C-T-I-C: 9 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 36,176th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, syntactic means “Of, related to or connected with syntax” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in syntactic?
| Letters | 9: S-Y-N-T-A-C-T-I-C |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 36,176th 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 syntactic?
Syntactic appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 36,176th 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 syntactic?
- /sɪnˈtæktɪk/
Syntactic 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: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-syntactic.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of syntactic
- more syntactic comparative
- most syntactic superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does syntactic mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Of, related to or connected with syntax.
The sentence “I saw he” contains a syntactic mistake.
- 2
Containing morphemes that are combined in the same order as they would be if they were separate words e.g. greenfinch
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Syntactic in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense of, related to or connected with syntax:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | syntaxique, syntactique |
| German | syntaktisch |
| Portuguese | sintático |
| Spanish | sintáctico |
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 syntactic come from?
From New Latin syntacticus, from Ancient Greek συντακτικός (suntaktikós).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).