dyslexic
/dɪsˈlɛksɪk/adjective, noun
dyslexic is an adjective meaning “Of or pertaining to dyslexia” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled D-Y-S-L-E-X-I-C and has 3 syllables, and it appears about once in every 2 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does dyslexic mean?
adjective
- 1
Of or pertaining to dyslexia.
- 2
Having dyslexia.
noun
- 1
A person who has dyslexia.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce dyslexic?
- /dɪsˈlɛksɪk/
Dyslexic has 3 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-dyslexic.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of dyslexic
- more dyslexic comparative
- most dyslexic superlative
- dyslexics plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is dyslexic?
Dyslexic appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 40,703rd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Dyslexic in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | dyslexique |
| Portuguese | disléxico |
| Spanish | disléxico |
| German | legasthenisch, legasthen , Legastheniker |
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 dyslexic come from?
By surface analysis, dyslexia + -ic. Piecewise doublet of dyslectic.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).