eclectic
/ɛkˈlɛk.tɪk/
"eclectic" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“eclectic” has 12 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #17,829. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #17,829
- frequency rank, English
- 2,246
- “E” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Selecting a mixture of what appears to be best of various doctrines, methods or styles.
Corpus desk
Index EN-eclectic · eclectic · English
eclectic · rank #17,829 · 12 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #17,829
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,246
- PHOTO-FINISH echoing
Nearest frequency peer: echoing (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “eclectic”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- douche
douche
82,176 corpus weight
- dyke
dyke
82,174 corpus weight
- echoing
echoing
82,173 corpus weight
- eclectic
eclectic
82,172 corpus weight
- ecstatic
ecstatic
82,171 corpus weight
- endemic
endemic
82,169 corpus weight
What this shows “eclectic” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | eclectic |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ɛkˈlɛk.tɪk/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #17,829 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “eclectic”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around eclectic (IPA /ɛkˈlɛk.tɪk/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #17,829 among 2,246 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for eclectic, with forms such as "celectic", "ecclectic", and "ecelctic". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "electric", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: From French éclectique, from Ancient Greek ἐκλεκτικός (eklektikós, “selective”), from ἐκλέγω (eklégō, “I pick, choose”), from ἐκ (ek, “out, from”) + λέγω (légō, “I choose, count”). Cognate to elect. The correct English form is eclectic, spelled E-C-L-E-C-T-I-C.
Definition
- 1Selecting a mixture of what appears to be best of various doctrines, methods or styles.
- 2Unrelated and unspecialized; heterogeneous.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how eclectic appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Chunder Sen and the Progressive Brahmists broke entirely with Hinduism...and he selected from the scriptures of all creeds what seemed best in them for instruction and for worship. […] It is an eclectic religion: it seeks to select what is good from all religions, and it has become the latest evidence that no eclectic religion can ever influence large num…
Though rooted in jazz, Byron's music is stylistically eclectic.
Etymology
From French éclectique, from Ancient Greek ἐκλεκτικός (eklektikós, “selective”), from ἐκλέγω (eklégō, “I pick, choose”), from ἐκ (ek, “out, from”) + λέγω (légō, “I choose, count”). Cognate to elect.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- celectic
- ecclectic
- ecelctic
- eclcetic
- eclecctic
- eclecitc
- eclectci
- eclecticc
- eclecttic
- ecletcic
- ecllectic
- elcectic
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of eclectic - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Same letter count
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Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).