vigesimal
vi·ge·sim·al/vɪˈd͡ʒɛsɪm(ə)l/adjective, noun
vigesimal is spelled V-I-G-E-S-I-M-A-L: 9 letters and 4 syllables (vi·ge·sim·al). It appears about once in every 87 million words in written English, the 297,763rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, vigesimal means “Occurring in intervals of twenty” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in vigesimal?
| Letters | 9: V-I-G-E-S-I-M-A-L |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4: vi·ge·sim·al |
| In writing | about once in every 87 million words; the 297,763rd 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 vigesimal?
Vigesimal appears about once in every 87 million words in written English, the 297,763rd 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 vigesimal?
- US /vɪˈd͡ʒɛsɪm(ə)l/
- US /vaɪ-/
- US /-sə-/
Vigesimal has 4 syllables, split vi·ge·sim·al in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-vigesimal.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of vigesimal
- vigesimals plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does vigesimal mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Occurring in intervals of twenty.
- 2
To the base twenty.
noun
- 1
A twentieth part.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Vigesimal in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense to the base twenty:
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 vigesimal come from?
From Latin vīgēsimus (“twentieth”), variant of Latin vīcēsimus (“twentieth”), from Latin vīgintī (“twenty”), (from *vīcēnssos, from Proto-Indo-European *wi(h₁)ḱm̥ttós, with the -imus ending of decimus (“tenth”)) + -al (suffix forming an adjective). Compare Latin vīgintī (“twenty”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁wih₁ḱm̥ti, from *dwi(h₁)dḱm̥ti(h₁), *dwi(h₁)dḱm̥ti (“two tens; two decades”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).