# addict

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈæd.ɪkt/ · frequency rank #11,499

## Definitions
1. A person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug.
2. An adherent or fan (of something).

## Etymology
Borrowed from Latin addictus, past participle of addīcō (“deliver; devote; surrender”), from ad- (“to, towards, at”) + dīcō (“say; declare”)

## Easily confused with
- **admit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/addict-vs-admit)
- **audit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/addict-vs-audit)
- **Addis** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/addict-vs-addis)
- **Addie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/addict-vs-addie)
- **advice** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/addict-vs-advice)
- **adding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/addict-vs-adding)
- **adrift** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/addict-vs-adrift)
- **addicted** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/addict-vs-addicted)
- **abduct** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/abduct-vs-addict)

## Common misspellings (7)
`addcit`, `addicct`, `addictt`, `additc`, `adict`, `adidct`, `dadict`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/addict