technical
tech·ni·cal/ˈtɛk.nɪk.əl/adjective, noun
technical is spelled T-E-C-H-N-I-C-A-L, 3 syllables: tech·ni·cal. The wrong spelling people search most is techincal: about 60 Bing searches a month in the United States (September 2025 to August 2026), about 1 in 46 of all searches for the word. Technical is an adjective meaning “Specifically related to a particular discipline”.
How many letters and syllables are in technical?
| Letters | 9: T-E-C-H-N-I-C-A-L |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3: tech·ni·cal |
| In writing | 56 times per million words; the 1,822nd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | 2; the most searched, techincal, about 60 Bing searches a month (all of them) |
| Rhymes with |
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); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How do you spell technical?
Technical is spelled T-E-C-H-N-I-C-A-L. 2 wrong spellings are searched or written often enough to measure; together they are about 1 in 31 of the searches for technical in either form.
Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026). Wrong spellings are taken from Wiktionary entries tagged "misspelling" and its obsolete or nonstandard forms, Wikipedia's Lists of common misspellings and the codespell dictionary, then measured. The proofreader's marks show the change that corrects each one.
How common is technical?
Technical appears 56 times per million words in written English, the 1,822nd 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 technical?
- US /ˈtɛk.nɪk.əl/
- /ˈtɛt.nɪk.əl/
- Australia /ˈtek.nɪk.əl/
Technical has 3 syllables, split tech·ni·cal in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-technical.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with technical?
One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as technical from its last stressed vowel (/ɛknɪkəl/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of technical
- more technical comparative
- most technical superlative
- technicals plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does technical mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Specifically related to a particular discipline.
Particle physics uses the word spin in a technical sense.
- 2
difficult to understand for those not specialized in this discipline.
- 3
Of or related to technology.
Since the 1940s there had been many technical advancements, and a Mach 3 interceptor was no longer a mere pipe dream.
- 4
Technically minded; adept with science and technology.
Kayla can probably get the printer working. She's technical like that.
- 5
Relating to, or requiring, technique.
The performance showed technical virtuosity, but lacked inspiration.
- 6
Requiring advanced techniques for successful completion.
technical climbing
- 7
Relating to the internal mechanics of a market rather than more basic factors.
The market had a technical rally, due to an oversold condition.
- 8
In the strictest sense, but not practically or meaningfully.
Crossing the front lawn of that house to get to the mailbox was a technical trespass.
noun
- 1
A pickup truck with a gun mounted on it.
- 2
Ellipsis of technical foul.
- 3
A special move in certain fighting games that cancels out the effect of an opponent's attack.
- 4
Ellipsis of technical school.
- 5
Ellipsis of technical course.
- 6
Ellipsis of technical examination.
- 7
informalEllipsis of technical rehearsal.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate technical?
Wiktionary records one abbreviation of technical: STM.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Technical in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | technique , technical |
| German | technisch, fachlich, fachsprachlich, fachspezifisch, Fach- , Technical |
| Portuguese | técnico |
| Spanish | técnico , artillado |
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 technical come from?
From Late Latin technicus + -al, from Ancient Greek τεχνικός (tekhnikós), from τέχνη (tékhnē, “skill”). For the late 20th-century origin of the noun sense (vehicle), see Wikipedia.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).