# fic

> English word · Noun · IPA /fɪk/ · frequency rank #29,270

## Definitions
1. A fictional story set within a preexisting fandom; a fanfic.

## Etymology
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-
Proto-Indo-European *-s
Proto-Indo-European *dʰéh₁s
Proto-Italic *faznom
Latin fānum
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-tós
Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos
Proto-Italic *-ātos
Latin -ātus
Proto-Indo-European *-kos
Proto-Italic *-kos
Latin -cus
Latin -icus
Latin -āticus
Latin fānāticuslbor.
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French fanatiqueinflu.
English fanatic
English fancyinflu.
English fan
English fiction
English fan fiction
English fanfic
English fic
Clipping of fanfic, itself a clipping of fan fiction.

## Easily confused with
- **FL** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fic-vs-fl)
- **FM** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fic-vs-fm)
- **fu** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fic-vs-fu)
- **fo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fic-vs-fo)
- **FS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fic-vs-fs)
- **FN** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fic-vs-fn)
- **FP** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fic-vs-fp)
- **FW** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fic-vs-fw)
- **fy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fic-vs-fy)
- **for** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fic-vs-for)
- **fun** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fic-vs-fun)
- **fit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fic-vs-fit)
- **fix** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fic-vs-fix)
- **fly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fic-vs-fly)
- **fox** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fic-vs-fox)
- **fig** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fic-vs-fig)
- **fur** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fic-vs-fur)
- **flu** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fic-vs-flu)
- **fog** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fic-vs-fog)
- **fry** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fic-vs-fry)

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/fic