anacreontic
/əˌnakɹɪˈɒntɪk/
"anacreontic" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“anacreontic” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pertaining to the style of the Greek poet Anacreon, who wrote of wine and love; (specifically) designating a metre based on an anaclastic ionic dimeter.
Corpus desk
Index EN-anacreontic · anacreontic · English
anacreontic · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | anacreontic |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /əˌnakɹɪˈɒntɪk/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “anacreontic” in English
Rare enough to double-check
anacreontic is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed /əˌnakɹɪˈɒntɪk/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
anacreontic doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Late Latin Anacreonticus, from Ancient Greek Ἀνακρέων (Anakréōn), Anacreon a Greek poet. The correct English form is anacreontic, spelled A-N-A-C-R-E-O-N-T-I-C.
Definition
- 1Pertaining to the style of the Greek poet Anacreon, who wrote of wine and love; (specifically) designating a metre based on an anaclastic ionic dimeter.
- 2Characterised by festivity and the celebration of love and/or drinking; bacchanalian, amorous.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how anacreontic appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
[T]he false Thecla […] had initiated me into the anacreontic diversions and fruitions of men and women.
Etymology
From Late Latin Anacreonticus, from Ancient Greek Ἀνακρέων (Anakréōn), Anacreon a Greek poet.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.