cacophonic
/kəˈkɒfənɪk/
"cacophonic" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“cacophonic” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - discordant
Corpus desk
Index EN-cacophonic · cacophonic · English
cacophonic · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cacophonic |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /kəˈkɒfənɪk/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “cacophonic” in English
Rare enough to double-check
cacophonic is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed /kəˈkɒfənɪk/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for cacophonic in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Ancient Greek κακόφωνος (kakóphōnos) + -ic, after euphonic. By surface analysis, caco- + -phonic. The correct English form is cacophonic, spelled C-A-C-O-P-H-O-N-I-C.
Definition
- 1discordant
- 2unmusical
Etymology
From Ancient Greek κακόφωνος (kakóphōnos) + -ic, after euphonic. By surface analysis, caco- + -phonic.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.