teratical
/təˈɹætɪkəl/
"teratical" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“teratical” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - wonderful; ominous; prodigious
Corpus desk
Index EN-teratical · teratical · English
teratical · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "T" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | teratical |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /təˈɹætɪkəl/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “teratical” in English
Rare enough to double-check
teratical is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed /təˈɹætɪkəl/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "wonderful; ominous; prodigious".
No generated misspelling entries exist for teratical in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Ancient Greek τεράτικος (terátikos, “monstrous”), from τέρας (téras, “monster”). The correct English form is teratical, spelled T-E-R-A-T-I-C-A-L.
Definition
- 1wonderful; ominous; prodigious
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how teratical appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Herodotus, possibly delighting in teratical stories, might tell what he never heard: or the passage may be an interpolation; or it may be alterd in transcribing
Etymology
From Ancient Greek τεράτικος (terátikos, “monstrous”), from τέρας (téras, “monster”).
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.