# poetic

> English word · Adjective · IPA /pəʊˈɛtɪk/ · frequency rank #11,440

## Definitions
1. Relating to poetry.
2. Characteristic of poets; romantic, imaginative, etc.
3. Connecting to the soul of the beholder.

## Etymology
From Middle French poetique, from Latin poeticus, from Ancient Greek ποιητικός (poiētikós) from ποιέω (poiéō, “make”). Doublet of poietic.

## Easily confused with
- **poets** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/poetic-vs-poets)
- **poetry** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/poetic-vs-poetry)
- **Portia** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/poetic-vs-portia)
- **Pontiac** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/poetic-vs-pontiac)
- **poetics** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/poetic-vs-poetics)
- **politic** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/poetic-vs-politic)
- **portico** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/poetic-vs-portico)
- **polemic** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/poetic-vs-polemic)
- **poetical** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/poetic-vs-poetical)
- **poet** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/poet-vs-poetic)
- **petit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/petit-vs-poetic)
- **phonetic** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/phonetic-vs-poetic)

## Common misspellings (8)
`opetic`, `peotic`, `poeitc`, `poetci`, `poeticc`, `poettic`, `poteic`, `ppoetic`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/poetic