carbonic
car·bon·ic/kɑɹˈbɒnɪk/adjective
carbonic is spelled C-A-R-B-O-N-I-C: 8 letters and 3 syllables (car·bon·ic). It appears about once in every 4 million words in written English, the 60,074th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, carbonic means “Of or relating to carbon” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in carbonic?
| Letters | 8: C-A-R-B-O-N-I-C |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3: car·bon·ic |
| In writing | about once in every 4 million words; the 60,074th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is carbonic?
Carbonic appears about once in every 4 million words in written English, the 60,074th 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 carbonic?
- /kɑɹˈbɒnɪk/
- /kɑːˈbɒnɪk/
Carbonic has 3 syllables, split car·bon·ic in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-carbonic.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What does carbonic mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Of or relating to carbon.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Carbonic in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense of or relating to carbon:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | carbonique |
| Portuguese | carbônico, carbónico |
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 carbonic come from?
From carbon + -ic.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).