probabilistic
/ˌpɹɑ.bə.bɪˈlɪs.tɪk/adjective
probabilistic is spelled P-R-O-B-A-B-I-L-I-S-T-I-C. The wrong spelling people search most is probablistic: about 40 Bing searches a month in the United States (September 2025 to August 2026), about 1 in 10 of all searches for the word. Probabilistic is an adjective meaning “Of, pertaining to, or derived using probability”.
How many letters and syllables are in probabilistic?
| Letters | 13: P-R-O-B-A-B-I-L-I-S-T-I-C |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 5 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 1 million words; the 34,504th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | 2; the most searched, probablistic, about 40 Bing searches a month (all of them) |
| Rhymes with |
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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How do you spell probabilistic?
Probabilistic is spelled P-R-O-B-A-B-I-L-I-S-T-I-C. 2 wrong spellings are searched or written often enough to measure; together they are about 2 in 10 of the searches for probabilistic in either form.
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). Wrong spellings are taken from Wiktionary entries tagged "misspelling" and its obsolete or nonstandard forms, Wikipedia's Lists of common misspellings and the codespell dictionary, then measured. The proofreader's marks show the change that corrects each one.
How common is probabilistic?
Probabilistic appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 34,504th 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 probabilistic?
- UK /ˌpɹɒb.ə.bɪˈlɪs.tɪk/
- US /ˌpɹɑ.bə.bɪˈlɪs.tɪk/
- Canada /ˌpɹɒb.ə.bɪˈlɪs.tɪk/
Probabilistic has 5 syllables (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: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-probabilistic.wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Naomi_Persephone_Amethyst_(NaomiAmethyst)-probabilistic.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with probabilistic?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as probabilistic from its last stressed vowel (/ɪstɪk/):
- artistic
- characteristic
- optimistic
- linguistic
- autistic
- futuristic
- holistic
- narcissistic
- logistic
- opportunistic
- antagonistic
- altruistic
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 probabilistic
- more probabilistic comparative
- most probabilistic superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does probabilistic mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Of, pertaining to, or derived using probability.
- 2
Of or pertaining to the Roman Catholic doctrine of probabilism.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Probabilistic in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense of or pertaining to probability:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | probabiliste |
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 probabilistic come from?
From probabil(ity) + -istic and probabil(ism) + -istic.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).