patriarchic
"patriarchic" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“patriarchic” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Patriarchal.
Corpus desk
Index EN-patriarchic · patriarchic · English
patriarchic · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "P" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | patriarchic |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “patriarchic” in English
Rare enough to double-check
patriarchic is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Patriarchal.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for patriarchic, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Ancient Greek πατριαρχικός (patriarkhikós) via Latin patriarchicus. By surface analysis, patriarch + -ic. The correct English form is patriarchic, spelled P-A-T-R-I-A-R-C-H-I-C.
Definition
- 1Patriarchal.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how patriarchic appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Not the real deal, like the films of the great Senegalese-born auteur Ousmane Sembène, whose 1966 drama “Black Girl” is a classic of postcolonial cinema, and whose 2004 film, “Moolaadé,” manages to tackle the issue of female genital mutilation and critique patriarchic Islam in one entertaining package (really).
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek πατριαρχικός (patriarkhikós) via Latin patriarchicus. By surface analysis, patriarch + -ic.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.