civic

Name: civic, English Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

/ˈsɪvɪk/

//ˈsɪvɪk// adj

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“civic” has 7 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #7,107. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#7,107
frequency rank, English: 5,599
“C” headwords: 7
tracked misspellings: 13
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Of, relating to, or belonging to a city, a citizen, or citizenship; municipal or civil.

Corpus desk

Index EN-civic · civic · English

civic · rank #7,107 · 7 variants · 13 confusables

FREQ-COMMON #7,107
LEN-MID 5 letters
VOW-2 2 vowels
CONFUS-MID 13 pairs
VAR-MID 7 variants
BOOK-DENSE 5,599
PHOTO-FINISH chin

Nearest frequency peer: chin (-1 rank slots)

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.

Celtic

92,897
chan

92,896
chin

92,895
civic

92,894
clerk

92,893
considerably

92,891

What this shows “civic” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

civic vs civil

80% similar

civic vs comic

60% similar

civic vs COVID

0% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for civic
Property	Value
Headword	civic
Language	English
Part of speech	Adjective
IPA	/ˈsɪvɪk/
Letters	5
Frequency rank	#7,107
Misspellings tracked	7
Confusable pairs	13
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “civic”

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).civiclands here:

#7,107

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

The axis is logarithmic, with each marked tick roughly ten times rarer than the last. Same rarity band neighbours include “chin” (#7,106), “clerk” (#7,108), “chan” (#7,105). Among 5,599 “C” headwords, “civic” is #7,107. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around civic (IPA /ˈsɪvɪk/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #7,107 among 5,599 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for civic, with forms such as "ccivic", "ciivc", and "civci". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 13 confusable-pair relationships, "civil", "comic", "COVID", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Latin cīvicus (“pertaining to a city or citizens”). The correct English form is civic, spelled C-I-V-I-C.

Definition

1
Of, relating to, or belonging to a city, a citizen, or citizenship; municipal or civil.
2
Of or relating to the citizen, or of good citizenship and its rights and duties.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how civic appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

Thousands of people came to the Civic Center to show off their civic pride.

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cīvicus (“pertaining to a city or citizens”).

This word in other languages

cívico(Español)civique(Français)bürgerlich(Deutsch)cívico(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

ccivic
ciivc
civci
civicc
civvic
cviic
icvic

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of civic - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

Edit distance from "civic"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "civic"?

"civic" is spelled C-I-V-I-C. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈsɪvɪk/.

What does "civic" mean?

As an adjective, "civic" means: Of, relating to, or belonging to a city, a citizen, or citizenship; municipal or civil.

What words are commonly confused with "civic"?

"civic" is commonly confused with "civil", "comic", "COVID". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "civic"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "civic" is /ˈsɪvɪk/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What is the origin of the word "civic"?

Borrowed from Latin cīvicus (“pertaining to a city or citizens”). See the full etymology section above for more details.

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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "civic", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

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