Coptic

Cop·tic/ˈkɑp.tɪk/adjective, noun

Coptic is spelled C-O-P-T-I-C: 6 letters and 2 syllables (Cop·tic). It appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 34,504th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, Coptic means “Of or pertaining to the Copts, the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria, or the Coptic language” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

How many letters and syllables are in Coptic?

Letters	6: C-O-P-T-I-C
Syllables	2: Cop·tic
In writing	about once in every 1 million words; the 34,504th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searched	none measured in search
Rhymes with	optic synoptic

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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.

How common is Coptic?

Coptic appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 34,504th most frequent word form in the list.

Coptic0.0010.010.11101001,00010,000

rarerper million words of written Englishmore common

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How do you pronounce Coptic?

UK /ˈkɒp.tɪk/
US /ˈkɑp.tɪk/

Coptic has 2 syllables, split Cop·tic in writing.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-JutishMale-Coptic.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

What rhymes with Coptic?

2 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as Coptic from its last stressed vowel (/ɑptɪk/):

Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).

What does Coptic mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

adjective

1
Of or pertaining to the Copts, the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria, or the Coptic language.

noun

1
The Afroasiatic language traditionally spoken by the Copts in Egypt, now extinct and used only as a liturgical language.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Coptic in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

Language	Words
French	copte, coptique (of or pertaining to the Copts, Coptic Orthodox…)
German	koptisch (of or pertaining to the Copts, Coptic Orthodox…), Koptisch (language)
Portuguese	copta, cóptico (of or pertaining to the Copts, Coptic Orthodox…)
Spanish	copto, cóptico (of or pertaining to the Copts, Coptic Orthodox…), Hola (language)

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 Coptic come from?

From Copt + -ic.