textual
/ˈtɛks.tju.əl/adjective
textual is spelled T-E-X-T-U-A-L: 7 letters and 3 syllables. It appears 2.2 times per million words in written English, the 18,537th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, textual means “Of or pertaining to textuality” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in textual?
| Letters | 7: T-E-X-T-U-A-L |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 2.2 times per million words; the 18,537th 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 textual?
Textual appears 2.2 times per million words in written English, the 18,537th 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 textual?
- UK /ˈtɛks.tju.əl/
- UK /ˈtɛks.tʃu.əl/
- UK /ˈtɛks.tʃəl/
Textual 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-textual.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of textual
- more textual comparative
- most textual superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does textual mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Of or pertaining to textuality.
- 2
Of or pertaining to text as opposed to other document elements.
I see that the editor revised the document's metadata, headers, and images, but I don't see any textual changes.
- 3
Pertaining to text messages, by analogy with sexual: textual harassment, textual intercourse; compare sexting.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Textual in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense of or pertaining to text:
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 textual come from?
From Middle English textewell, textueel, textuel, textuele, tixtuel (“learned in texts, bookish”), possibly from Latin textuālis; also compare Middle French textuele; or perhaps a coinage by Chaucer from Latin textus and Middle English -el. English spelling conformed to Latin from late 15c. By surface analysis, text + -ual.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).