economic
eco·nom·ic/ˌɛkəˈnɑmɪk/adjective
economic is spelled E-C-O-N-O-M-I-C, 3 syllables: eco·nom·ic. The wrong spelling people search most is ecomonic: about 10 Bing searches a month in the United States (September 2025 to August 2026), about 1 in 179 of all searches for the word. Economic is an adjective meaning “Pertaining to an economy”.
How many letters and syllables are in economic?
| Letters | 8: E-C-O-N-O-M-I-C |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3: eco·nom·ic |
| In writing | 126 times per million words; the 831st most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | 1; the most searched, ecomonic, about 10 Bing searches a month (all of them) |
| Rhymes with |
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); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How do you spell economic?
Economic is spelled E-C-O-N-O-M-I-C. One wrong spelling is searched or written often enough to measure; together they are about 1 in 180 of the searches for economic in either form.
Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026). Wrong spellings are taken from Wiktionary entries tagged "misspelling" and its obsolete or nonstandard forms, Wikipedia's Lists of common misspellings and the codespell dictionary, then measured. The proofreader's marks show the change that corrects each one.
How common is economic?
Economic appears 126 times per million words in written English, the 831st 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).
How do you pronounce economic?
- UK /ˌiːkəˈnɒmɪk/
- UK /ˌɛ-/
- US /ˌɛkəˈnɑmɪk/
Economic has 3 syllables, split eco·nom·ic in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-economic.wav, En-us-economic.ogg, LL-Q1860_(eng)-PerfectSoundWhatever-economic.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with economic?
9 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as economic from its last stressed vowel (/ɑmɪk/):
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).
Forms of economic
- more economic comparative
- most economic superlative
- economick
- œconomic
- œconomick
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does economic mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Pertaining to an economy.
- 2
Frugal; cheap (in the sense of representing good value); economical.
- 3
Pertaining to the study of money and its movement.
- 4
obsoletePertaining to the management of a household
noun
- 1
obsoleteThe art or science of household management, especially relating to the appropriate organization of resources; housekeeping.
- 2
obsoleterareOne who is skilled in household management.
- 3
obsoleteOne who manages the income of a vacant benefice.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate economic?
Wiktionary records 3 abbreviations of economic: Econ., econ, econ..
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Economic in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | économique |
| German | ökonomisch, Wirtschafts- , sparsam, günstig |
| Portuguese | econômico, económico |
| Spanish | económico |
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.