empathetic
/ˌɛmpəˈθɛtɪk/adjective
empathetic is spelled E-M-P-A-T-H-E-T-I-C: 10 letters and 4 syllables. It appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 31,168th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). People search “empathetic vs sympathetic” about 9,900 times a month (Google, United States). As an adjective, empathetic means “Showing empathy for others, recognizing their feelings” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in empathetic?
| Letters | 10: E-M-P-A-T-H-E-T-I-C |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 1 million words; the 31,168th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Pairs people search | |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; 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 common is empathetic?
Empathetic appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 31,168th 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 empathetic?
- UK /ˌɛmpəˈθɛtɪk/
- US /ˌɛmpəˈθɛtɪk/
- US [ˌɛmpəˈθɛɾɪk]
Empathetic has 4 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)-Yangolin-empathetic.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with empathetic
Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).
Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with empathetic?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as empathetic from its last stressed vowel (/ɛtɪk/):
- magnetic
- cosmetic
- energetic
- poetic
- electromagnetic
- diabetic
- kinetic
- arithmetic
- prosthetic
- apologetic
- phylogenetic
- apathetic
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 empathetic
- more empathetic comparative
- most empathetic superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does empathetic mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Showing empathy for others, recognizing their feelings.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Empathetic in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense empathic:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Spanish | empatético |
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 empathetic come from?
Derived from empathic, modified to sound more similar to sympathetic.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
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