erotica
/ɪˈɹɒt.ɪkə/noun
erotica is spelled E-R-O-T-I-C-A: 7 letters and 4 syllables. It appears 1.0 times per million words in written English, the 28,214th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, erotica means “Erotic literature, art, decoration, or other such work” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of erotica is eroticas.
How many letters and syllables are in erotica?
| Letters | 7: E-R-O-T-I-C-A |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.0 times per million words; the 28,214th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is erotica?
Erotica appears 1.0 times per million words in written English, the 28,214th 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 erotica?
- /ɪˈɹɒt.ɪkə/
Erotica 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: En-us-erotica.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of erotica
- eroticas plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does erotica mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Erotic literature, art, decoration, or other such work.
There's a fine line between erotica and pornography.
- 2
A work of erotica.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Erotica in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense erotic literature or art:
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 erotica come from?
From neuter plural of Latin eroticus (“amatory”), from Ancient Greek ἐρωτικός (erōtikós). By surface analysis, erotic + -ica.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).