mystic
/ˈmɪstɪk/
"mystic" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“mystic” has 10 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #13,023. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #13,023
- frequency rank, English
- 4,057
- “M” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 7
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Of, or relating to mystics, mysticism or occult mysteries; mystical.
Corpus desk
Index EN-mystic · mystic · English
mystic · rank #13,023 · 10 variants · 7 confusables
- FREQ-MID #13,023
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,057
- PHOTO-FINISH muddy
Nearest frequency peer: muddy (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “mystic”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- motivate
motivate
86,981 corpus weight
- mound
mound
86,980 corpus weight
- muddy
muddy
86,979 corpus weight
- mystic
mystic
86,978 corpus weight
- nominal
nominal
86,976 corpus weight
- Norris
Norris
86,975 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “mystic” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | mystic |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈmɪstɪk/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #13,023 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 7 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “mystic” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around mystic (IPA /ˈmɪstɪk/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #13,023 among 4,057 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for mystic, with forms such as "mmystic", "msytic", and "mysitc". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 7 confusable-pair relationships, "mythic", "mystics", "mystical", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Old French mistique, from Latin mysticus, from Ancient Greek μυστικός (mustikós, “secret, mystic”), from μύστης (mústēs, “one who has been initiated”). Doublet of mystique. The correct English form is mystic, spelled M-Y-S-T-I-C.
Definition
- 1Of, or relating to mystics, mysticism or occult mysteries; mystical.
- 2Mysterious and strange; arcane, obscure or enigmatic.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how mystic appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
a mystic dance
Taught he not thee—the man of eld, / Whose eyes within his eyes beheld / Heaven's numerous hierarchy span / The mystic gulf from God to man?
Etymology
From Old French mistique, from Latin mysticus, from Ancient Greek μυστικός (mustikós, “secret, mystic”), from μύστης (mústēs, “one who has been initiated”). Doublet of mystique.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- mmystic
- msytic
- mysitc
- mysstic
- mystci
- mysticc
- mysttic
- mytsic
- myystic
- ymstic
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of mystic - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "mystic", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
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- "mystic" maps to 7 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "mythic". View pair
- 10 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #13,023 among English headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
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Data Source
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.