enthusiastic
en·thu·si·as·tic/ɪnˌθuːziˈæstɪk/adjective
enthusiastic is spelled E-N-T-H-U-S-I-A-S-T-I-C, 5 syllables: en·thu·si·as·tic. The wrong spelling people search most is enthusiatic: about 60 Bing searches a month in the United States (September 2025 to August 2026), about 1 in 54 of all searches for the word. Enthusiastic is an adjective meaning “With zealous fervor; excited, motivated”.
How many letters and syllables are in enthusiastic?
| Letters | 12: E-N-T-H-U-S-I-A-S-T-I-C |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 5: en·thu·si·as·tic |
| In writing | 6.9 times per million words; the 9,045th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | 1; the most searched, enthusiatic, about 60 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 enthusiastic?
Enthusiastic is spelled E-N-T-H-U-S-I-A-S-T-I-C. One wrong spelling is searched or written often enough to measure; together they are about 1 in 54 of the searches for enthusiastic 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 enthusiastic?
Enthusiastic appears 6.9 times per million words in written English, the 9,045th 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 enthusiastic?
- UK /ɪnˌθjuːzɪˈæstɪk/
- US /ɪnˌθuːziˈæstɪk/
Enthusiastic has 5 syllables, split en·thu·si·as·tic in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-enthusiastic.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with enthusiastic?
10 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as enthusiastic from its last stressed vowel (/æstɪk/):
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 enthusiastic
- more enthusiastic comparative
- most enthusiastic superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does enthusiastic mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
With zealous fervor; excited, motivated.
an enthusiastic lover of art
- 2
Relating to enthusiasm, or divine possession.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Enthusiastic in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense with zealous fervor; excited, motivated:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | enthousiaste |
| German | enthusiastisch, begeistert |
| Portuguese | entusiástico, entusiasmado |
| Spanish | entusiasmado, entusiástico |
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 enthusiastic come from?
From Ancient Greek ἐνθουσιαστικός (enthousiastikós), from either ἐνθουσιασμός (enthousiasmós) or ἐνθουσιάζω (enthousiázō) + -τικός (-tikós).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).