# folic

> English word · Adjective · frequency rank #41,130

## Definitions
1. Of or relating to foliage; pteroylglutamic, as in folic acid.

## Etymology
From Latin folium (“leaf”) + -ic. Coined in 1941 (see quote below).

## Easily confused with
- **folk** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/folic-vs-folk)
- **folks** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/folic-vs-folks)
- **folly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/folic-vs-folly)
- **folio** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/folic-vs-folio)
- **frolic** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/folic-vs-frolic)
- **fic** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fic-vs-folic)
- **foi** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/foi-vs-folic)
- **flip** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flip-vs-folic)
- **FOIL** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/foil-vs-folic)
- **FOIA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/foia-vs-folic)
- **FDIC** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fdic-vs-folic)
- **foie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/foie-vs-folic)
- **Felix** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/felix-vs-folic)
- **flick** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flick-vs-folic)
- **foley** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/foley-vs-folic)
- **folds** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/folds-vs-folic)

## Common misspellings (7)
`ffolic`, `floic`, `foilc`, `folci`, `folicc`, `follic`, `oflic`

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