hysteric
/hɪsˈtɛɹɪk/
"hysteric" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“hysteric” is uncommon English (frequency #88,443 among 23,837 “H” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #88,443
- frequency rank, English
- 23,837
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Hysterical; relating to hysteria.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | hysteric |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /hɪsˈtɛɹɪk/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #88,443 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “hysteric” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
hysteric is uncommon English at frequency #88,443 among 23,837 “H” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /hɪsˈtɛɹɪk/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Hysterical; relating to hysteria.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for hysteric in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Latin hystericus, from Ancient Greek ὑστερικός (husterikós, “suffering in the uterus, hysterical”), from ὑστέρα (hustéra, “womb”). The correct English form is hysteric, spelled H-Y-S-T-E-R-I-C.
Definition
- 1Hysterical; relating to hysteria.
Etymology
From Latin hystericus, from Ancient Greek ὑστερικός (husterikós, “suffering in the uterus, hysterical”), from ὑστέρα (hustéra, “womb”).
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 “hysteric”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is H-Y-S-T-E-R-I-C - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.