Eric or erick?
eric is a noun meaning “A fine paid as compensation for violent crimes”; erick is a noun meaning “Alternative form of eric (“fine paid as compensation for violent crimes”)”. In written English (wordfreq, 2021 data) eric is about 40 times as common as erick.
What is the difference between eric and erick?
| eric | erick | |
|---|---|---|
| Part of speech | noun | noun |
| Meaning | A fine paid as compensation for violent crimes | Alternative form of eric (“fine paid as compensation for violent crimes”) |
| Example | The court-poets of Wales […] could demand an eric of ‘nine cows, and nine-score pence of money besides’ | none recorded |
| Forms | erics | ericks |
| Pronunciation | /ˈɛɹɪk/ | not recorded |
| In writing | 31 times per million words | about once in every 1 million words |
Sources: eric and erick in the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0); written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Every current meaning of eric and erick
eric
- 1
A fine paid as compensation for violent crimes
The court-poets of Wales […] could demand an eric of ‘nine cows, and nine-score pence of money besides’
- 2
Acronym of everybody reading in class (“a session in which pupils read books”)
erick
- 1
Alternative form of eric (“fine paid as compensation for violent crimes”)
Source: the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0); obsolete, archaic, dialect and rare senses left out.
Which is more common, eric or erick?
eric appears 31 times per million words; erick about once in every 1 million words.
eric 31 times per million wordserick about once in every 1 million words
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).