tragical
obsolete
tragical is spelled T-R-A-G-I-C-A-L: 8 letters. It appears about once in every 18 million words in written English, the 128,787th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, tragical means “Tragic” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in tragical?
| Letters | 8: T-R-A-G-I-C-A-L |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 18 million words; the 128,787th 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 tragical?
Tragical appears about once in every 18 million words in written English, the 128,787th 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 tragical?
- US
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Wodencafe-tragical.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of tragical
- more tragical comparative
- most tragical superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does tragical mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
archaicTragic
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does tragical come from?
Ultimately from Ancient Greek τραγικός (tragikós) + Latin -ālis. By surface analysis, tragic + -al.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).