ergodic
/ɜɹˈɡɑdɪk/
"ergodic" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“ergodic” is uncommon English (frequency #68,196 among 18,836 “E” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #68,196
- frequency rank, English
- 18,836
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Of or relating to certain systems that, given enough time, will eventually return to a previously experienced state.
Corpus desk
Index EN-ergodic · ergodic · English
ergodic · rank #68,196 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #68,196
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 18,836
- PHOTO-FINISH ensnare
Nearest frequency peer: ensnare (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “ergodic”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- empath
empath
31,811 corpus weight
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31,809 corpus weight
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Enola
31,808 corpus weight
- ensnare
ensnare
31,806 corpus weight
- ergodic
ergodic
31,805 corpus weight
- explainable
explainable
31,799 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “ergodic” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ergodic |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ɜɹˈɡɑdɪk/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #68,196 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “ergodic” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
ergodic is uncommon English at frequency #68,196 among 18,836 “E” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ɜɹˈɡɑdɪk/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for ergodic, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: International Scientific Vocabulary ergo- + -ode (+ -ic). The etymological origin is disputed: ἔργον (érgon) + ὁδός (hodós, “way”) versus ἔργον (érgon) + εἶδος (eîdos, “image”). The correct English form is ergodic, spelled E-R-G-O-D-I-C.
Definition
- 1Of or relating to certain systems that, given enough time, will eventually return to a previously experienced state.
- 2Of or relating to a process in which every sequence or sample of sufficient size is equally representative of the whole.
- 3Of or relating to a literary work that requires nontrivial effort on the reader's part to traverse.
Etymology
International Scientific Vocabulary ergo- + -ode (+ -ic). The etymological origin is disputed: ἔργον (érgon) + ὁδός (hodós, “way”) versus ἔργον (érgon) + εἶδος (eîdos, “image”).
This word in other languages
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.