pacific
/pəˈsɪfɪk/
"pacific" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“pacific” has 10 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #2,548. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #2,548
- frequency rank, English
- 4,417
- “P” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Calm, peaceful.
Corpus desk
Index EN-pacific · pacific · English
pacific · rank #2,548 · 10 variants · 5 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #2,548
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,417
- PHOTO-FINISH nick
Nearest frequency peer: nick (-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 “pacific”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
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97,456 corpus weight
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97,455 corpus weight
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nick
97,454 corpus weight
- pacific
pacific
97,453 corpus weight
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prize
97,452 corpus weight
- realized
realized
97,451 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “pacific” 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 | pacific |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /pəˈsɪfɪk/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #2,548 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “pacific” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around pacific (IPA /pəˈsɪfɪk/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #2,548 among 4,417 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for pacific, with forms such as "apcific", "paccific", and "pacfiic". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "pacify", "pacifist", "pacifism", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle French pacifique. The correct English form is pacific, spelled P-A-C-I-F-I-C.
Definition
- 1Calm, peaceful.
- 2Preferring peace by nature; avoiding violence.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how pacific appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The policeman on the beat moved up the avenue impressively. […] Trying doors as he went, twirling his club with many intricate and artful movements, turning now and then to cast his watchful eye adown the pacific thoroughfare, the officer, with his stalwart form and slight swagger, made a fine picture of a guardian of the peace.
The long-continued hostilities which had for centuries divided the south and the north divisions of the Island of Britain, had been happily terminated by the succession of the pacific James I, to the English crown.
Etymology
From Middle French pacifique.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- apcific
- paccific
- pacfiic
- pacifci
- paciffic
- pacificc
- paciifc
- paicfic
- pcaific
- ppacific
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of pacific - 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 "pacific", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 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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- "pacific" maps to 5 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "pacify". View pair
- 10 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #2,548 among English headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more English words in the "P" letter cohort. P–Z browse
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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.