# hypnotic

> English word · Adjective · IPA /hɪpˈnɒ.tɪk/ · frequency rank #24,474

## Definitions
1. Of or relating to hypnosis or hypnotism.
2. Capturing a person's attention to the exclusion of all else, as if placing them into a trance.
3. Inducing sleep; soporific.
4. Dormant.

## Etymology
From French hypnotique (“inclined to sleep, soporific”), from Late Latin hypnoticus, from Ancient Greek ὑπνωτικός (hupnōtikós, “inclined to sleep, putting to sleep, sleepy”), from ὑπνοῦν (hupnoûn, “to put to sleep”), from ὕπνος (húpnos, “sleep”).

## Easily confused with
- **hypnosis** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hypnosis-vs-hypnotic)

## Common misspellings (13)
`hhypnotic`, `hpynotic`, `hynpotic`, `hypnnotic`, `hypnoitc`, `hypnotci`, `hypnoticc`, `hypnottic`, `hypntoic`, `hypontic`, `hyppnotic`, `hyypnotic`, `yhpnotic`

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