magmatic
/maɡˈmatɪk/
"magmatic" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“magmatic” is uncommon English (frequency #63,778 among 4,057 “M” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #63,778
- frequency rank, English
- 4,057
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pertaining to magma or magmatism.
Corpus desk
Index EN-magmatic · magmatic · English
magmatic · rank #63,778 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #63,778
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,057
- PHOTO-FINISH Magog
Nearest frequency peer: Magog (+1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Long-tail ranks near “magmatic”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- macchiato
macchiato
36,227 corpus weight
- maggiore
maggiore
36,225 corpus weight
- magmatic
magmatic
36,223 corpus weight
- Magog
Magog
36,222 corpus weight
- Malang
Malang
36,221 corpus weight
- manhunter
manhunter
36,219 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “magmatic” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | magmatic |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /maɡˈmatɪk/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #63,778 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “magmatic” in English
Rare enough to double-check
magmatic is uncommon English at frequency #63,778 among 4,057 “M” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /maɡˈmatɪk/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pertaining to magma or magmatism.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for magmatic, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: From (the stem of) Latin magma + -ic, from Ancient Greek μάγμα (mágma, “thick unguent”), from μαγίς (magís, “kneaded mass”). The correct English form is magmatic, spelled M-A-G-M-A-T-I-C.
Definition
- 1Pertaining to magma or magmatism.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how magmatic appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The magmatic masses are moving at shallow depth in the western part of the Gulf of Pozzuoli.
Etymology
From (the stem of) Latin magma + -ic, from Ancient Greek μάγμα (mágma, “thick unguent”), from μαγίς (magís, “kneaded mass”).
This word in other languages
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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