realistic
/ˌɹɪəˈlɪs.tɪk/adjective
realistic is spelled R-E-A-L-I-S-T-I-C. The wrong spelling people search most is realsitic: about 10 Bing searches a month in the United States (September 2025 to August 2026), about 1 in 313 of all searches for the word. Realistic is an adjective meaning “Expressed or represented as being accurate, practicable, or not idealistic”.
How many letters and syllables are in realistic?
| Letters | 9: R-E-A-L-I-S-T-I-C |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 14 times per million words; the 5,496th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | 1; the most searched, realsitic, about 10 Bing searches a month (all of them) |
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 do you spell realistic?
Realistic is spelled R-E-A-L-I-S-T-I-C. One wrong spelling is searched or written often enough to measure; together they are about 1 in 317 of the searches for realistic 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 realistic?
Realistic appears 14 times per million words in written English, the 5,496th 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 realistic?
- /ˌɹɪəˈlɪs.tɪk/
- /ˌɹiːjəˈlɪs.tɪk/
- /ˌɹiːəˈlɪs.tɪk/
Realistic has 4 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-realistic.wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Simplificationalizer-realistic.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of realistic
- more realistic comparative
- most realistic superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does realistic mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Expressed or represented as being accurate, practicable, or not idealistic.
A realistic appraisal of the situation.
- 2
Relating to the representation of objects, actions or conditions as they actually are or were.
A realistic novel about the Victorian poor.
- 3
Possible or practical to achieve; based on what is real or practical.
a realistic goal
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Realistic in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense expressed or represented as being accurate:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | réaliste |
| German | realistisch |
| Portuguese | realístico |
| Spanish | realista, realístico |
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.