inorganic
/ɪnɔɹˈɡænɪk/adjective, noun
inorganic is spelled I-N-O-R-G-A-N-I-C: 9 letters and 4 syllables. It appears 1.7 times per million words in written English, the 21,516th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, inorganic means “Relating to a compound that does not contain carbon” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in inorganic?
| Letters | 9: I-N-O-R-G-A-N-I-C |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.7 times per million words; the 21,516th 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 and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; 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 inorganic?
Inorganic appears 1.7 times per million words in written English, the 21,516th 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 inorganic?
- US /ɪnɔɹˈɡænɪk/
- UK /ɪnɔːˈɡænɪk/
Inorganic has 4 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-inorganic.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with inorganic?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as inorganic from its last stressed vowel (/ænɪk/):
- romantic
- organic
- Hispanic
- mechanic
- volcanic
- titanic
- satanic
- germanic
- Britannic
- interoceanic
- aldermanic
- clavulanic
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 inorganic
- inorganics plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does inorganic mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Relating to a compound that does not contain carbon.
- 2
That does not originate in a living organism.
- 3
Not generated by the ranking algorithms of a search engine, but deliberately by promotional techniques.
- 4
obsoleteIrregular
noun
- 1
An inorganic compound
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate inorganic?
Wiktionary records one abbreviation of inorganic: inorg.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Inorganic in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense relating to a compound that does not contain carbon:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | inorganique |
| German | anorganisch |
| Portuguese | inorgânico |
| Spanish | inorgánico |
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 inorganic come from?
From in- + organic.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).