endemic
/ɛnˈdɛm.ɪk/adjective, noun
endemic is spelled E-N-D-E-M-I-C: 7 letters and 3 syllables. It appears 2.3 times per million words in written English, the 17,813th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, endemic means “Native to a particular area or culture; originating where it occurs” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in endemic?
| Letters | 7: E-N-D-E-M-I-C |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 2.3 times per million words; the 17,813th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in 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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is endemic?
Endemic appears 2.3 times per million words in written English, the 17,813th 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 endemic?
- US /ɛnˈdɛm.ɪk/
- US /ɪnˈdɛm.ɪk/
Endemic has 3 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: En-us-endemic.ogg, En-au-endemic.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with endemic?
3 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as endemic from its last stressed vowel (/ɛmɪk/):
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 endemic
- endemick
- endemics plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does endemic mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Native to a particular area or culture; originating where it occurs.
The endemic religion of Easter Island arrived with the Polynesian settlers.
- 2
Peculiar to a particular area or region; not found in other places.
Kangaroos are endemic to Australia.
- 3
Prevalent in a particular area or region, persistent within a population.
Malaria is endemic to the tropics.
noun
- 1
An individual or species that is endemic to a region.
- 2
A disease affecting a number of people simultaneously, so as to show a distinct connection with certain localities.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Endemic in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | indigène, endémique , endémie |
| German | endemisch , Endemie , Endemit |
| Portuguese | endêmico, endémico , endemia |
| Spanish | endémico , endemia , endémismo |
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 endemic come from?
From Ancient Greek ἐν (en, “in”) + δῆμος (dêmos, “people”) + -ic. Possibly via Ancient Greek ἔνδημος (éndēmos, “among one's people, at home, native”) and/or French endémique. By surface analysis, en- + demic.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).