physic
/ˈfɪz.ɪk/
"physic" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“physic” is uncommon English (frequency #53,165 among 4,417 “P” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #53,165
- frequency rank, English
- 4,417
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Relating to or concerning existent materials; physical.
Corpus desk
Index EN-physic · physic · English
physic · rank #53,165 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #53,165
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,417
- PHOTO-FINISH phylogeny
Nearest frequency peer: phylogeny (-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.
Long-tail ranks near “physic”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- peridot
peridot
46,840 corpus weight
- phaser
phaser
46,838 corpus weight
- phylogeny
phylogeny
46,837 corpus weight
- physic
physic
46,836 corpus weight
- pica
pica
46,835 corpus weight
- pickpocket
pickpocket
46,833 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “physic” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | physic |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈfɪz.ɪk/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #53,165 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “physic” in English
Rare enough to double-check
physic is uncommon English at frequency #53,165 among 4,417 “P” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˈfɪz.ɪk/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Relating to or concerning existent materials; physical.".
Zero misspellings are on record for physic in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English phisik, from Latin physicus, from Ancient Greek φῠσῐκός (phŭsĭkós, “natural; physical”), from φύσις (phúsis, “origin, birth; nature, quality; form, shape; type, kind”), from φῠ́ω (phŭ́ō, “grow”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH… The correct English form is physic, spelled P-H-Y-S-I-C.
Definition
- 1Relating to or concerning existent materials; physical.
Etymology
From Middle English phisik, from Latin physicus, from Ancient Greek φῠσῐκός (phŭsĭkós, “natural; physical”), from φύσις (phúsis, “origin, birth; nature, quality; form, shape; type, kind”), from φῠ́ω (phŭ́ō, “grow”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- (“to appear, become, rise up”).
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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