erratic
/ɪˈɹætɪk/adjective, noun
erratic is spelled E-R-R-A-T-I-C. The wrong spelling people search most is eratic: about 250 Bing searches a month in the United States (September 2025 to August 2026), about 1 in 12 of all searches for the word. Erratic is an adjective meaning “Unsteady, random; prone to unexpected changes; not consistent”.
How many letters and syllables are in erratic?
| Letters | 7: E-R-R-A-T-I-C |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 2.2 times per million words; the 18,537th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | 1; the most searched, eratic, about 250 Bing searches a month (all of them) |
| 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); 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 erratic?
Erratic is spelled E-R-R-A-T-I-C. One wrong spelling is searched or written often enough to measure; together they are about 1 in 12 of the searches for erratic 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 erratic?
Erratic appears 2.2 times per million words in written English, the 18,537th 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 erratic?
- UK /ɪˈɹætɪk/
- US /ɪˈɹætɪk/
- US [ɪˈɹæɾɪk]
Erratic 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-au-erratic.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with erratic?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as erratic from its last stressed vowel (/ætɪk/):
- democratic
- automatic
- diplomatic
- static
- problematic
- systematic
- traumatic
- bureaucratic
- pancreatic
- aromatic
- enigmatic
- hepatic
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 erratic
- more erratic comparative
- most erratic superlative
- erratick
- erraticke
- erratique
- erratics plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does erratic mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Unsteady, random; prone to unexpected changes; not consistent.
Henry has been getting erratic scores on his tests: 40% last week, but 98% this week.
- 2
Deviating from normal opinions or actions; eccentric; odd.
erratic conduct
noun
- 1
A rock moved from one location to another, usually by a glacier.
- 2
Anything that has erratic characteristics.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Erratic in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | erratique |
| German | erratisch, unstet, unregelmäßig, unberechenbar , gestört, verhaltensauffällig |
| Portuguese | errático , bloco errático |
| Spanish | inconstante, irregular, errático , trastornado , bloque errático |
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 erratic come from?
From Middle English erratik, from Middle French erratique (from Old French erratique) and its etymon Classical Latin errāticus.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).