racemic
/ɹəˈsiːmɪk/adjective
racemic is spelled R-A-C-E-M-I-C: 7 letters. It appears about once in every 9 million words in written English, the 91,522nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, racemic means “Containing equal amounts of dextrorotatory (+) and levorotatory (−) stereoisomers and therefore not optically active” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in racemic?
| Letters | 7: R-A-C-E-M-I-C |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 9 million words; the 91,522nd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is racemic?
Racemic appears about once in every 9 million words in written English, the 91,522nd 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 racemic?
- /ɹəˈsiːmɪk/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Flame,_not_lame-racemic.wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Tesco250-racemic.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with racemic?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as racemic.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: ceramic.
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).
What does racemic mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Containing equal amounts of dextrorotatory (+) and levorotatory (−) stereoisomers and therefore not optically active.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Racemic in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense containing equal amounts of dextrorotatory and levorotatory stereoisomers:
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 racemic come from?
From French racémique, from Latin racēmus (“cluster or bunch of grapes”) + -ique or from raceme + -ic. The name came from racemic acid, which was isolated from grapes.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).