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orthotic

adjective, noun

orthotic is spelled O-R-T-H-O-T-I-C: 8 letters. It appears about once in every 13 million words in written English, the 110,368th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, orthotic means “Of or pertaining to orthotics” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

How many letters and syllables are in orthotic?

Letters8: O-R-T-H-O-T-I-C
In writingabout once in every 13 million words; the 110,368th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search

Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How common is orthotic?

Orthotic appears about once in every 13 million words in written English, the 110,368th 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).

Forms of orthotic

  • more orthotic comparative
  • most orthotic superlative
  • orthotics plural

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

What does orthotic mean?

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

adjective

  1. 1

    Of or pertaining to orthotics.

  2. 2

    Of Greek typography: having an upright form, distinct from the cursive and chancery types.

noun

  1. 1

    An orthopedic appliance designed to support, straighten or improve the functioning of a body part; an orthosis.

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

Orthotic in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

In the sense Translations:

LanguageWords
Spanishortótico

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.

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