arithmetic
a·rith·me·tic[əˈɹɪθmətɪk]noun, adjective
arithmetic is spelled A-R-I-T-H-M-E-T-I-C, 4 syllables: a·rith·me·tic. The wrong spelling people search most is arithmatic: about 220 Bing searches a month in the United States (September 2025 to August 2026), about 1 in 13 of all searches for the word. Arithmetic is a noun meaning “The mathematics of numbers (integers, rational numbers, real numbers, or complex numbers) under the…”. The plural of arithmetic is arithmetics.
How many letters and syllables are in arithmetic?
| Letters | 10: A-R-I-T-H-M-E-T-I-C |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4: a·rith·me·tic |
| In writing | 2.5 times per million words; the 17,122nd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | 1; the most searched, arithmatic, about 220 Bing searches a month (all of them) |
| Rhymes with |
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); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How do you spell arithmetic?
Arithmetic is spelled A-R-I-T-H-M-E-T-I-C. One wrong spelling is searched or written often enough to measure; together they are about 1 in 13 of the searches for arithmetic in either form.
Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026). Wrong spellings are taken from Wiktionary entries tagged "misspelling" and its obsolete or nonstandard forms, Wikipedia's Lists of common misspellings and the codespell dictionary, then measured. The proofreader's marks show the change that corrects each one.
How common is arithmetic?
Arithmetic appears 2.5 times per million words in written English, the 17,122nd 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 arithmetic?
- UK [əˈɹɪθmətɪk]
- US [əˈɹɪθmətɪk]
As an adjective (“Increasing or decreasing by an arithmetic progression”): [əˈɹɪθmətɪk], [əˈɹɪθmətɪk], /ˌɛɹɪθˈmɛtɪk/.
As an adjective (“Of, relating to, or using arithmetic; arithmetical”): /æɹɪθˈmɛtɪk/.
Arithmetic has 4 syllables, split a·rith·me·tic in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-arithmetic.ogg, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Naomi_Persephone_Amethyst_(NaomiAmethyst)-arithmetic.wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-arithmetic_(adj).wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with arithmetic?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as arithmetic from its last stressed vowel (/ɛtɪk/):
- magnetic
- cosmetic
- energetic
- poetic
- electromagnetic
- diabetic
- kinetic
- prosthetic
- apologetic
- empathetic
- phylogenetic
- apathetic
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 arithmetic
- arithmetics plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does arithmetic mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The mathematics of numbers (integers, rational numbers, real numbers, or complex numbers) under the operations of addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division.
- 2
datedNumber theory.
adjective
- 1
Increasing or decreasing by an arithmetic progression.
Near-synonym: linear
- 2
Of, relating to, or using arithmetic; arithmetical.
arithmetic geometry
- 3
Of a progression, mean, etc, computed solely using addition.
arithmetic progression
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate arithmetic?
Wiktionary records one abbreviation of arithmetic: arith.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Arithmetic in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | arithmétique , d'arithmétique, de l’arithmétique |
| German | Arithmetik, Rechenkunst, Rechenkunde , arithmetisch |
| Portuguese | aritmética , aritmético |
| Spanish | aritmética, arismética , aritmético, arismético (desus.) |
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.