# frantic

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈfɹæn.tɪk/ · frequency rank #18,831

## Definitions
1. Insane, mentally unstable.
2. In a state of panic, worry, frenzy, or rush.
3. Extremely energetic.

## 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.

## Easily confused with
- **frenetic** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/frantic-vs-frenetic)
- **franc** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/franc-vs-frantic)
- **fanfic** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fanfic-vs-frantic)
- **Francis** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/francis-vs-frantic)
- **Frankie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/frankie-vs-frantic)
- **fanatic** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fanatic-vs-frantic)

## Common misspellings (11)
`farntic`, `ffrantic`, `franitc`, `franntic`, `frantci`, `franticc`, `franttic`, `fratnic`, `frnatic`, `frrantic`, `rfantic`

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