IC
/ɪk/noun, adjective, phrase
IC is spelled I-C: 2 letters and one syllable. It appears 3.5 times per million words in written English, the 13,897th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, IC means “Initialism of independent contractor” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of IC is ICs.
How many letters and syllables are in IC?
| Letters | 2: I-C |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 |
| In writing | 3.5 times per million words; the 13,897th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is IC?
IC appears 3.5 times per million words in written English, the 13,897th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce IC?
- US /ɪk/
- /ək/
IC has one syllable.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-au-IC.ogg, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Persent101--ic.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with IC?
10 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as IC from its last stressed vowel (/ɪk/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of IC
- ICs plural
- more -ic comparative
- most -ic superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does IC mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Initialism of independent contractor.
- 2
Initialism of irreducible complexity.
- 3
Initialism of intercalation compound.
- 4
Initialism of ion chromatography.
- 5
Initialism of integrated circuit.
- 6
Initialism of intensive care.
- 7
Initialism of immune complex.
- 8
Initialism of identity card.
adjective
- 1
Pseudo-acronym of icy.
- 2
Initialism of in charge.
- 3
Initialism of in command.
- 4
slangInitialism of in character.
- 5
Initialism of intracloud.
phrase
- 1
Pseudo-acronym of I see.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
IC in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense Note: these translations are a guide only. For more precise translations, see in:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does IC come from?
From Middle English -ik, from Old French -ique, from Latin -icus, from Proto-Indo-European *-kos, *-ḱos, formed with the i-stem suffix *-i- and the adjectival suffix *-kos, *-ḱos. Compare Ancient Greek -ικός (-ikós), Sanskrit -इक (-ika) and Old Church Slavonic -ъкъ (-ŭkŭ). Doublet of -y; compare also -ac. Proto-Indo-European *-kos on noun stems carried the meaning 'characteristic of, like, typical, pertaining to', and on adjectival stems it acted emphatically.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).