alphabetic
/ˌæl.fəˈbɛt.ɪk/adjective, noun
alphabetic is spelled A-L-P-H-A-B-E-T-I-C: 10 letters and 4 syllables. It appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 54,192nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, alphabetic means “Of or relating to an alphabet, especially the characters A to Z, both uppercase and lowercase” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in alphabetic?
| Letters | 10: A-L-P-H-A-B-E-T-I-C |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 3 million words; the 54,192nd 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 alphabetic?
Alphabetic appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 54,192nd 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 alphabetic?
- /ˌæl.fəˈbɛt.ɪk/
Alphabetic has 4 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: En-us-alphabetic.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of alphabetic
- alphabetics plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does alphabetic mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Of or relating to an alphabet, especially the characters A to Z, both uppercase and lowercase.
noun
- 1
An alphabetic character; a letter of the alphabet.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does alphabetic come from?
Partly from French alphabétique and partly from its etymon Latin alphabēticus. By surface analysis, alphabet + -ic.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).