# Arabic

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈæɹ.ə.bɪk/ · frequency rank #6,760

## Definitions
1. Related to the Arabic language.
2. Expressed in a script that was developed in Arab lands (but is not always used in the Arabic language): 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9.
3. Of, from, or pertaining to Arab countries or cultural behaviour (see also Arab as an adjective).
4. Arab.

## Etymology
From Latin arabicus, from Ancient Greek Ἀραβικός (Arabikós), from Ἄραψ (Áraps, “Arab”) [from Arabic عَرَب (ʕarab)] + -ικός (-ikós, adjective suffix). By surface analysis, Arab + -ic.

## Easily confused with
- **Arabs** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/arabic-vs-arabs)
- **Arctic** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/arabic-vs-arctic)
- **arable** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/arabic-vs-arable)
- **Aramaic** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/arabic-vs-aramaic)
- **Arab** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/arab-vs-arabic)
- **Arabia** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/arabia-vs-arabic)
- **Arabian** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/arabian-vs-arabic)
- **aerobic** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/aerobic-vs-arabic)

## Common misspellings (8)
`aarbic`, `arabbic`, `arabci`, `arabicc`, `araibc`, `arbaic`, `arrabic`, `raabic`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/arabic