aquatic
/əˈkwɑ.tɪk/adjective, noun
aquatic is spelled A-Q-U-A-T-I-C: 7 letters and 3 syllables. It appears 4.2 times per million words in written English, the 12,578th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, aquatic means “Relating to water; living in or near water, taking place in water” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in aquatic?
| Letters | 7: A-Q-U-A-T-I-C |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 4.2 times per million words; the 12,578th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is aquatic?
Aquatic appears 4.2 times per million words in written English, the 12,578th 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 aquatic?
- US /əˈkwɑ.tɪk/
- US /əˈkwæ.tɪk/
- UK /əˈkwæ.tɪk/
Aquatic has 3 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-aquatic.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with aquatic?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as aquatic from its last stressed vowel (/ɑtɪk/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of aquatic
- more aquatic comparative
- most aquatic superlative
- aquatics plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does aquatic mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Relating to water; living in or near water, taking place in water.
noun
- 1
Any aquatic plant.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Aquatic in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense relating to water; living in or near water, taking place in water:
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 aquatic come from?
Borrowed from Middle French aquatique (“living in water”), from Latin aquaticus (“relating to water”), from aqua (“water”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).