electric
/ɪˈlɛktɹɪk/
"electric" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“electric” has 12 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #1,934. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #1,934
- frequency rank, English
- 2,246
- “E” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 6
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Of, relating to, produced by, operated with, or utilising electricity; electrical.
Corpus desk
Index EN-electric · electric · English
electric · rank #1,934 · 12 variants · 6 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #1,934
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,246
- PHOTO-FINISH decisions
Nearest frequency peer: decisions (-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 “electric”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- classic
classic
98,070 corpus weight
- clothes
clothes
98,069 corpus weight
- decisions
decisions
98,068 corpus weight
- electric
electric
98,067 corpus weight
- emergency
emergency
98,066 corpus weight
- entered
entered
98,065 corpus weight
What this shows “electric” 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 | electric |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ɪˈlɛktɹɪk/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #1,934 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 6 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “electric”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around electric (IPA /ɪˈlɛktɹɪk/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #1,934 among 2,246 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for electric, with forms such as "eelctric", "elcetric", and "elecctric". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 6 confusable-pair relationships, "electron", "electrics", "electronic", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: First attested in c. 1646 in a publication by Thomas Browne. From New Latin ēlectricus (“electrical; of amber”), from ēlectr(um) (“amber”) + -icus (“adjectival suffix”); from Ancient Greek ἤλεκτρον (ḗlektron, “amber”); related to ἠλέκτωρ (ēléktōr, “shining … The correct English form is electric, spelled E-L-E-C-T-R-I-C.
Definition
- 1Of, relating to, produced by, operated with, or utilising electricity; electrical.
- 2Of or relating to an electronic version of a musical instrument that has an acoustic equivalent.
- 3Emotionally thrilling; electrifying.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how electric appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
But electric vehicles and the batteries that made them run became ensnared in corporate scandals, fraud, and monopolistic corruption that shook the confidence of the nation and inspired automotive upstarts.
[Rural solar plant] schemes are of little help to industry or other heavy users of electricity. Nor is solar power yet as cheap as the grid. For all that, the rapid arrival of electric light to Indian villages is long overdue. When the national grid suffers its next huge outage, as it did in July 2012 when hundreds of millions were left in the dark, look…
Etymology
First attested in c. 1646 in a publication by Thomas Browne. From New Latin ēlectricus (“electrical; of amber”), from ēlectr(um) (“amber”) + -icus (“adjectival suffix”); from Ancient Greek ἤλεκτρον (ḗlektron, “amber”); related to ἠλέκτωρ (ēléktōr, “shining sun”), of unknown origin (see which for more). The Latin term was apparently used first with the sense electrical in 1600 by the English physician and scientist William Gilbert in his work De Magnete.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- eelctric
- elcetric
- elecctric
- elecrtic
- electirc
- electrci
- electricc
- electrric
- electtric
- eletcric
- ellectric
- leectric
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of electric - 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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Same letter count
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Similar misspelling depth
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