pic
/pɪk/noun
pic is spelled P-I-C: 3 letters and one syllable. It appears 16 times per million words in written English, the 5,121st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, pic means “A picture, especially a photographic image” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of pic is pics or pix.
How many letters and syllables are in pic?
| Letters | 3: P-I-C |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 16 times per million words; the 5,121st most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Pairs people search | |
| Sounds like |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026).
How common is pic?
Pic appears 16 times per million words in written English, the 5,121st 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 pic?
- /pɪk/
Pic has one syllable (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-pic.oga, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with pic
Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).
Sounds like: pick (Wiktionary's homophone list; some hold only in some accents).
Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
Forms of pic
- pics plural
- pix plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does pic mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
informalA picture, especially a photographic image.
- 2
informalA movie.
- 3
A Turkish cloth measure, varying from 18 to 28 inches.
noun
- 1
Initialism of pilot in command.
- 2
Initialism of peripheral interface controller.
- 3
Initialism of plastic-insulated conductor.
- 4
Initialism of programmable intelligent computer.
- 5
Initialism of programmable interface controller.
- 6
Initialism of programmable interrupt controller.
- 7
Initialism of position-independent code.
- 8
Initialism of person in charge.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does pic come from?
Clipping of picture.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).