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organic

/oɹˈɡænɪk/adjective, noun

organic is spelled O-R-G-A-N-I-C: 7 letters and 3 syllables. It appears 25 times per million words in written English, the 3,612th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, organic means “Pertaining to or derived from living organisms” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

How many letters and syllables are in organic?

Letters7: O-R-G-A-N-I-C
Syllables3 (from its American pronunciation)
In writing25 times per million words; the 3,612th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search
Rhymes with

Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.

How common is organic?

Organic appears 25 times per million words in written English, the 3,612th 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).

How do you pronounce organic?

  • UK /ɔːˈɡænɪk/
  • US /oɹˈɡænɪk/
  • US [oɹˈɡɛənɪk]

Organic has 3 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-organic.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

What rhymes with organic?

The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as organic from its last stressed vowel (/ænɪk/):

Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).

Forms of organic

  • more organic comparative
  • most organic superlative
  • organick
  • organics plural

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does organic mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

adjective

  1. 1

    Pertaining to or derived from living organisms.

  2. 2

    Pertaining to an organ of the body of a living organism.

  3. 3

    Relating to the compounds of carbon, relating to natural products.

  4. 4

    Of food or food products, grown in an environment free from artificial agrichemicals, and possibly certified by a regulatory body.

  5. 5

    Describing a form of social solidarity theorized by Emile Durkheim that is characterized by voluntary engagements in complex interdependencies for mutual benefit (such as business agreements), rather than mechanical solidarity, which depends on ascribed relations between people (as in a family or tribe).

  6. 6

    Of a military unit or formation, or its elements, belonging to a permanent organization (in contrast to being temporarily attached).

  7. 7

    Instrumental; acting as instruments of nature or of art to a certain destined function or end.

  8. 8

    Generated according to the ranking algorithms of a search engine, as opposed to deliberate promotional techniques e.g. by advertisers.

noun

  1. 1

    An organic compound.

  2. 2

    An organic food.

  3. 3

    A living organism, as opposed to a robot or hologram.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Organic in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

LanguageWords
Germanbiologisch, organisch (pertaining to, or derived from living organisms), Organ- (pertaining to an organ), aus biologischem Anbau (kontrolliert) (of food and food products: grown without…)
Portugueseorgânico (pertaining to, or derived from living organisms)
Frenchorganique (pertaining to an organ), bio, biologique (of food and food products: grown without…)
Spanishorgánico (pertaining to an organ), biológico, ecológico (of food and food products: grown without…)

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 organic come from?

From Middle English organic, organik, from Old French organique, from Latin organicus.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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