frantic
/ˈfɹæn.tɪk/
"frantic" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“frantic” has 11 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #18,831. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #18,831
- frequency rank, English
- 2,507
- “F” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 6
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Insane, mentally unstable.
Corpus desk
Index EN-frantic · frantic · English
frantic · rank #18,831 · 11 variants · 6 confusables
- FREQ-MID #18,831
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,507
- PHOTO-FINISH Frankenstein
Nearest frequency peer: Frankenstein (-1 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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “frantic”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- flung
flung
81,173 corpus weight
- Frankenstein
Frankenstein
81,171 corpus weight
- frantic
frantic
81,170 corpus weight
- fudge
fudge
81,169 corpus weight
- Gabrielle
Gabrielle
81,168 corpus weight
- gemma
gemma
81,167 corpus weight
What this shows “frantic” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | frantic |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈfɹæn.tɪk/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #18,831 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 6 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “frantic”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around frantic (IPA /ˈfɹæn.tɪk/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #18,831 among 2,507 “F” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for frantic, with forms such as "farntic", "ffrantic", and "franitc". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 6 confusable-pair relationships, "frenetic", "franc", "fanfic", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English frantike, frentik, variant of frenetik, from Old French frenetique, from Late Latin phreneticus, alteration of phreniticus, from φρενιτικός (phrenitikós, “mad, suffering from inflammation of the brain”), from φρενῖτις (phrenîtis, “inflam… The correct English form is frantic, spelled F-R-A-N-T-I-C.
Definition
- 1Insane, mentally unstable.
- 2In a state of panic, worry, frenzy, or rush.
- 3Extremely energetic.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how frantic appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Master have mercy on my sonne, for he is franticke: and ys sore vexed.
If with myself I hold intelligence, Or have acquaintance with mine own desires; If that I do not dream, or be not frantic— As I do trust I am not—then, dear uncle, Never so much as in a thought unborn Did I offend your Highness.
Etymology
From Middle English frantike, frentik, variant of frenetik, from Old French frenetique, from Late Latin phreneticus, alteration of phreniticus, from φρενιτικός (phrenitikós, “mad, suffering from inflammation of the brain”), from φρενῖτις (phrenîtis, “inflammation of the brain”), from φρήν (phrḗn, “the brain”). Doublet of frenetic and phrenitic.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- farntic
- ffrantic
- franitc
- franntic
- frantci
- franticc
- franttic
- fratnic
- frnatic
- frrantic
- rfantic
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of frantic - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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.
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