# attic

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈætɪk/ · frequency rank #12,369

## Definitions
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.
2. A storey or a parapet above the cornice of a classical façade, often decorated.
3. A person's head or brain.

## Etymology
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).

## Easily confused with
- **Aztec** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/attic-vs-aztec)
- **attire** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/attic-vs-attire)
- **Attila** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/attic-vs-attila)
- **Attica** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/attic-vs-attica)
- **Atticus** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/attic-vs-atticus)
- **att** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/att-vs-attic)
- **atta** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/atta-vs-attic)
- **ASIC** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/asic-vs-attic)
- **actin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/actin-vs-attic)
- **Artie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/artie-vs-attic)
- **attack** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/attack-vs-attic)
- **Arctic** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/arctic-vs-attic)
- **atomic** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/atomic-vs-attic)
- **attach** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/attach-vs-attic)
- **attain** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/attain-vs-attic)
- **antics** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/antics-vs-attic)
- **aortic** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/aortic-vs-attic)
- **acetic** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/acetic-vs-attic)

## Common misspellings (5)
`atic`, `atitc`, `attci`, `atticc`, `tatic`

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