attic
/ˈætɪk/noun
attic is spelled A-T-T-I-C: 5 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 4.3 times per million words in written English, the 12,397th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, attic means “The space, often unfinished and with sloped walls, directly below the roof in the uppermost part of a house or other building, generally used for…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of attic is attics.
How many letters and syllables are in attic?
| Letters | 5: A-T-T-I-C |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 4.3 times per million words; the 12,397th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
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 attic?
Attic appears 4.3 times per million words in written English, the 12,397th 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 attic?
- /ˈætɪk/
- [ˈæɾɪk]
Attic has 2 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: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-attic.wav, En-au-Attic.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with attic?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as attic.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: tacit.
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 attic
- attics plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does attic mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The space, often unfinished and with sloped walls, directly below the roof in the uppermost part of a house or other building, generally used for storage or habitation.
We went up to the attic to look for the boxes containing our childhood keepsakes.
- 2
A storey or a parapet above the cornice of a classical façade, often decorated.
- 3
slangA person's head or brain.
adjective
- 1
Synonym of Athenian, of or related to the culture of ancient Athens.
- 2
Of or related to ancient Athenian architecture.
- 3
Of or related to Attic Greek.
- 4
Marked by the qualities traditionally considered characteristic of the ancient Athenians: classical, refined.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Attic in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | grenier, combles, mansarde , attique |
| German | Dachgeschoss, Dachboden, Estrich , attisch |
| Portuguese | sótão , ático |
| Spanish | buhardilla, desván, zaquizamí, sobrado, covacha, ático |
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 attic come from?
From the practice of decorating the top storey of building facades in the Attic architectural style. From French attique, from Latin atticus, from Ancient Greek Ἀττικός (Attikós).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).