# complicit

> English word · Adjective · IPA /kəmˈplɪs.ɪt/ · frequency rank #22,623

## Definitions
1. Associated with or participating in an activity, especially one of a questionable nature.

## Etymology
Most likely a back-formation from complicity, under the influence of words such as explicit, as though the suffix -ity were composed of -it (from Latin -itus) and -y.

## Easily confused with
- **complicity** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/complicit-vs-complicity)
- **compliant** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/compliant-vs-complicit)
- **complicate** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/complicate-vs-complicit)

## Common misspellings (14)
`ccomplicit`, `cmoplicit`, `comlpicit`, `commplicit`, `compilcit`, `complciit`, `compliccit`, `complicitt`, `complicti`, `compliict`, `compllicit`, `compplicit`, `copmlicit`, `ocmplicit`

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