leucistic
adjective
leucistic is spelled L-E-U-C-I-S-T-I-C: 9 letters. It appears about once in every 56 million words in written English, the 234,209th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, leucistic means “Affected by leucism” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in leucistic?
| Letters | 9: L-E-U-C-I-S-T-I-C |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 56 million words; the 234,209th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is leucistic?
Leucistic appears about once in every 56 million words in written English, the 234,209th 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).
Forms of leucistic
- more leucistic comparative
- most leucistic superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does leucistic mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Affected by leucism.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Leucistic in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense Translations:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | leuzistisch |
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 leucistic come from?
From leucism + -istic, ultimately from Latinized form of Ancient Greek λευκός (leukós, “white”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).