folkloric

adj

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"folkloric" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“folkloric” is uncommon English (frequency #73,193 among 2,507 “F” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#73,193
frequency rank, English
2,507
“F” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Of, pertaining to, or having the character of folklore.

Corpus desk

Index EN-folkloric · folkloric · English

folkloric · rank #73,193 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #73,193
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,507
  • PHOTO-FINISH flowy

Nearest frequency peer: flowy (-2 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.

Long-tail ranks near “folkloric”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “folkloric” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for folkloric
PropertyValue
Headwordfolkloric
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechAdjective
Letters9
Frequency rank#73,193
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “folkloric” in English

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).folkloricfalls in this rarity band:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

The axis is logarithmic, with each marked tick roughly ten times rarer than the last. Rare peers in the same band: “flowy” (#73,191), “flouting” (#73,190), “foxhole” (#73,196). Among 2,507 “F” headwords, “folkloric” is #73,193. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

folkloric is uncommon English at frequency #73,193 among 2,507 “F” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Of, pertaining to, or having the character of folklore.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for folkloric in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

Etymologically, the entry records: From folklore + -ic. The correct English form is folkloric, spelled F-O-L-K-L-O-R-I-C.

Definition

  1. 1
    Of, pertaining to, or having the character of folklore.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how folkloric appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. a folkloric narrative

Etymology

From folklore + -ic.

This word in other languages

folclórico(Español)folklorique(Français)volkskundlich(Deutsch)folclórico(Português)

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "folkloric"?
"folkloric" is spelled F-O-L-K-L-O-R-I-C.
What does "folkloric" mean?
As an adjective, "folkloric" means: Of, pertaining to, or having the character of folklore.
What is the origin of the word "folkloric"?
From folklore + -ic. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "folkloric", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

frameless#73,198flagstone#73,185Friesland#73,205Faversham#73,174

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list