pathic
/ˈpæθɪk/noun, adjective
pathic is spelled P-A-T-H-I-C: 6 letters. It appears about once in every 98 million words in written English, the 317,168th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, pathic means “Synonym of bottom: a passive usually-male partner in homosexual anal intercourse” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of pathic is pathics.
How many letters and syllables are in pathic?
| Letters | 6: P-A-T-H-I-C |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 98 million words; the 317,168th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with | |
| Same letters |
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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is pathic?
Pathic appears about once in every 98 million words in written English, the 317,168th 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 pathic?
- UK /ˈpæθɪk/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-NaomiAmethyst-pathic.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with pathic?
3 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as pathic from its last stressed vowel (/æθɪk/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: haptic, phatic.
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 pathic
- pathics plural
- more pathic comparative
- most pathic superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does pathic mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Synonym of bottom: a passive usually-male partner in homosexual anal intercourse.
In England the vices in fashion are whoring & drinking, in Turkey, Sodomy & smoking, we prefer a girl and a bottle, they a pipe and pathic.
adjective
- 1
Passive; suffering.
- 2
Relating to disease.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Pathic in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense Translations:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | -pathisch |
| Portuguese | -pático |
| Spanish | -pático |
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 pathic come from?
From Latin pathicus, from Ancient Greek παθικός (pathikós), from πάθος (páthos, “suffering, feeling”), from πάσχω (páskhō, “to feel, to suffer”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).