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aphasic

/əˈfeɪzək/adjective, noun

aphasic is spelled A-P-H-A-S-I-C: 7 letters. It appears about once in every 39 million words in written English, the 191,932nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, aphasic means “Affected by, or pertaining to, aphasia” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

How many letters and syllables are in aphasic?

Letters7: A-P-H-A-S-I-C
In writingabout once in every 39 million words; the 191,932nd most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search

Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How common is aphasic?

Aphasic appears about once in every 39 million words in written English, the 191,932nd 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 aphasic?

  • /əˈfeɪzək/
  • /əˈfeɪ̯zɪk/

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Forms of aphasic

  • more aphasic comparative
  • most aphasic superlative
  • aphasics plural

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does aphasic mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

adjective

  1. 1

    Affected by, or pertaining to, aphasia.

noun

  1. 1

    One who is afflicted by symptoms of aphasia.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Aphasic in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

In the sense affected by, or pertaining to, aphasia:

LanguageWords
Portugueseafásico
Spanishafásico

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.

Where does aphasic come from?

From aphasia + -ic.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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