tactics
tac·tics/ˈtæktɪks/noun
tactics is spelled T-A-C-T-I-C-S: 7 letters and 2 syllables (tac·tics). It appears 15 times per million words in written English, the 5,407th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, tactics means “The military science that deals with achieving the objectives set by strategy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in tactics?
| Letters | 7: T-A-C-T-I-C-S |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: tac·tics |
| In writing | 15 times per million words; the 5,407th 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 tactics?
Tactics appears 15 times per million words in written English, the 5,407th 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 tactics?
- /ˈtæktɪks/
Tactics has 2 syllables, split tac·tics in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Persent101-tactics.wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Wodencafe-tactics.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What does tactics mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The military science that deals with achieving the objectives set by strategy.
- 2
The employment and ordered arrangement of forces in relation to each other.
- 3
A system of mode or procedure.
scare tactics
- 4
plural of tactic
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Tactics in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | tactique |
| German | Taktik |
| Portuguese | táticas |
| Spanish | táctica , estratégico |
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.