domestic
/dəˈmɛs.tɪk/
"domestic" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“domestic” is a regularly-used English word, ranked #2,070 in English word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #2,070
- frequency rank, English
- 8
- letters
- 12
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Of or relating to the home.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | domestic |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /dəˈmɛs.tɪk/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #2,070 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “domestic” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for domestic is 8 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /dəˈmɛs.tɪk/. Corpus data places it at rank #2,070 in overall English word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for domestic, with forms such as "ddomestic", "dmoestic", and "doemstic". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle French domestique, from Latin domesticus, from domus (“house, home”). The correct English form is domestic, spelled D-O-M-E-S-T-I-C.
Definition
- 1Of or relating to the home.
- 2Of or relating to activities normally associated with the home, wherever they actually occur.
- 3Kept by someone, for example as a farm animal or a pet.
- 4Internal to a specific country.
- 5Tending to stay at home; not outgoing.
Etymology
From Middle French domestique, from Latin domesticus, from domus (“house, home”).
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ddomestic,dmoestic,doemstic,domesitc,domesstic,domestci,domesticc,domesttic,dometsic,dommestic,domsetic,odmestic
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of domestic - 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.
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.
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Using “domestic”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is D-O-M-E-S-T-I-C - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /dəˈmɛs.tɪk/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.