gastric
/ˈɡæstɹɪk/
"gastric" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“gastric” has 11 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #19,606. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #19,606
- frequency rank, English
- 18,276
- “G” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Of or relating to the stomach.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | gastric |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈɡæstɹɪk/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #19,606 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “gastric” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around gastric (IPA /ˈɡæstɹɪk/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #19,606 among 18,276 “G” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Of or relating to the stomach.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for gastric, with forms such as "agstric", "gasrtic", and "gasstric". 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 is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: From New Latin gastricus, from Ancient Greek γαστήρ, γαστρός (gastḗr, gastrós, “stomach”). By surface analysis, gastr- + -ic; Doublet of gastrique. The correct English form is gastric, spelled G-A-S-T-R-I-C.
Definition
- 1Of or relating to the stomach.
Etymology
From New Latin gastricus, from Ancient Greek γαστήρ, γαστρός (gastḗr, gastrós, “stomach”). By surface analysis, gastr- + -ic; Doublet of gastrique.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- agstric
- gasrtic
- gasstric
- gastirc
- gastrci
- gastricc
- gastrric
- gasttric
- gatsric
- ggastric
- gsatric
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of gastric - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Using “gastric”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is G-A-S-T-R-I-C - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈɡæstɹɪk/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.