# ceramic

> English word · Adjective · IPA /səˈɹæmɪk/ · frequency rank #10,507

## Definitions
1. Made of material produced by the high-temperature firing of inorganic, nonmetallic rocks and minerals.

## Etymology
From Ancient Greek κεραμικός (keramikós, “potter's”), from κέραμος (kéramos, “potter's clay”), perhaps from a pre-Hellenic word or from Proto-Indo-European *kerh₂- (“to heat, burn, fire”).

## Easily confused with
- **ceramics** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ceramic-vs-ceramics)

## Common misspellings (10)
`cceramic`, `cearmic`, `ceraimc`, `ceramci`, `ceramicc`, `cerammic`, `cermaic`, `cerramic`, `creamic`, `ecramic`

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