# Olympic

> English word · Adjective · IPA /əˈlɪmpɪk/ · frequency rank #3,076

## Definitions
1. Of or pertaining to the Olympic Games.
2. Of or pertaining to Olympus, a mountain of Thessaly, fabled as the seat of the gods.
3. Of or pertaining to the ancient city of Olympia.

## Etymology
From Ancient Greek Ὀλυμπικός (Olumpikós), from Ὄλυμπος (Ólumpos, “Olympus”).

## Easily confused with
- **Olympus** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/olympic-vs-olympus)
- **Olympics** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/olympic-vs-olympics)
- **Olympia** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/olympia-vs-olympic)
- **Olympian** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/olympian-vs-olympic)
- **olympiad** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/olympiad-vs-olympic)

## Common misspellings (11)
`loympic`, `ollympic`, `olmypic`, `olymipc`, `olymmpic`, `olympci`, `olympicc`, `olymppic`, `olypmic`, `olyympic`, `oylmpic`

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