empathic
/ɛmˈpæθɪk/adjective
empathic is spelled E-M-P-A-T-H-I-C: 8 letters. It appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 47,633rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, empathic means “Showing or expressing empathy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in empathic?
| Letters | 8: E-M-P-A-T-H-I-C |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 3 million words; the 47,633rd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Pairs people search | |
| Same letters |
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 common is empathic?
Empathic appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 47,633rd 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 empathic?
- /ɛmˈpæθɪk/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Yangolin-empathic.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with empathic
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 empathic?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as empathic.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: emphatic.
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 empathic
- more empathic comparative
- most empathic superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does empathic mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Showing or expressing empathy.
Be fair to people: even those who manage to be empathic can't be telepathic. They're only human – they can't read your mind.
- 2
Doing so through psychological talent or training.
Be fair to people: not everyone can be empathic, like Cathy is. Her gift is rare.
- 3
Doing so through psychicness, telepathy, etc: that is, through either supernatural powers or neurotechnological powers.
Near-synonyms: telempathic, telepathic
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Empathic in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense showing or expressing empathy:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | empathique |
| German | empathisch, einfühlsam, einfühlend, mitfühlend, teilnahmsvoll |
| Spanish | empático |
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 empathic come from?
From empathy + -ic.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).