technique
/tɛkˈniːk/noun
technique is spelled T-E-C-H-N-I-Q-U-E: 9 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 30 times per million words in written English, the 3,161st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, technique means “The practical aspects of a given art, occupation etc.; formal requirements” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of technique is techniques.
How many letters and syllables are in technique?
| Letters | 9: T-E-C-H-N-I-Q-U-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 30 times per million words; the 3,161st most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is technique?
Technique appears 30 times per million words in written English, the 3,161st 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 technique?
- US /tɛkˈniːk/
Technique has 2 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-technique.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with technique?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as technique from its last stressed vowel (/ik/):
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 technique
- techniques plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does technique mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The practical aspects of a given art, occupation etc.; formal requirements.
- 2
Practical ability in some given field or practice, often as opposed to creativity or imaginative skill.
- 3
A method of achieving something or carrying something out, especially one requiring some skill or knowledge.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Technique in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense practical aspects of a given art:
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 technique come from?
Borrowed from French technique (“technicality; branch of knowledge”), noun use of technique (“technical”), from Ancient Greek τεχνικός (tekhnikós, “of or pertaining to art, artistic, skilful”), from τέχνη (tékhnē, “art, handicraft”). Doublet of technic.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).