alphabetic
/ˌæl.fəˈbɛt.ɪk/
"alphabetic" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“alphabetic” is an uncommon English word, ranked #53,996 in English word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #53,996
- frequency rank, English
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Of or relating to an alphabet, especially the characters A to Z, both uppercase and lowercase.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | alphabetic |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˌæl.fəˈbɛt.ɪk/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #53,996 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “alphabetic” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for alphabetic is 10 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˌæl.fəˈbɛt.ɪk/. Corpus data places it at rank #53,996 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Of or relating to an alphabet, especially the characters A to Z, both uppercase and lowercase.".
alphabetic doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Partly from French alphabétique and partly from its etymon Latin alphabēticus. By surface analysis, alphabet + -ic. The correct English form is alphabetic, spelled A-L-P-H-A-B-E-T-I-C.
Definition
- 1Of or relating to an alphabet, especially the characters A to Z, both uppercase and lowercase.
Etymology
Partly from French alphabétique and partly from its etymon Latin alphabēticus. By surface analysis, alphabet + -ic.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is A-L-P-H-A-B-E-T-I-C - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.