# civic

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈsɪvɪk/ · frequency rank #7,107

## Definitions
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.

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

## Easily confused with
- **civil** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/civic-vs-civil)
- **comic** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/civic-vs-comic)
- **COVID** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/civic-vs-covid)
- **cubic** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/civic-vs-cubic)
- **cynic** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/civic-vs-cynic)
- **colic** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/civic-vs-colic)
- **clinic** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/civic-vs-clinic)
- **critic** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/civic-vs-critic)
- **civics** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/civic-vs-civics)
- **Civ** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/civ-vs-civic)
- **chic** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chic-vs-civic)
- **cilia** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cilia-vs-civic)
- **citric** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/citric-vs-civic)

## Common misspellings (7)
`ccivic`, `ciivc`, `civci`, `civicc`, `civvic`, `cviic`, `icvic`

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