# mystic

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈmɪstɪk/ · frequency rank #13,023

## Definitions
1. Of, or relating to mystics, mysticism or occult mysteries; mystical.
2. Mysterious and strange; arcane, obscure or enigmatic.

## 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.

## Easily confused with
- **mythic** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mystic-vs-mythic)
- **mystics** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mystic-vs-mystics)
- **mystical** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mystic-vs-mystical)
- **music** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/music-vs-mystic)
- **Matic** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/matic-vs-mystic)
- **mosaic** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mosaic-vs-mystic)
- **myopic** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/myopic-vs-mystic)

## Common misspellings (10)
`mmystic`, `msytic`, `mysitc`, `mysstic`, `mystci`, `mysticc`, `mysttic`, `mytsic`, `myystic`, `ymstic`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/mystic