robotics
/ɹoʊˈbɑ.tɪks/noun
robotics is spelled R-O-B-O-T-I-C-S: 8 letters and 3 syllables. It appears 3.4 times per million words in written English, the 14,307th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, robotics means “The science and technology of robots, their design, manufacture, and application” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in robotics?
| Letters | 8: R-O-B-O-T-I-C-S |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 3.4 times per million words; the 14,307th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| 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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is robotics?
Robotics appears 3.4 times per million words in written English, the 14,307th 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 robotics?
- UK /ɹəʊˈbɒt.ɪks/
- US /ɹoʊˈbɑ.tɪks/
- US [ɹoʊˈbɑ.ɾɪks]
Robotics has 3 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-robotics.wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Wodencafe-robotics.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with robotics?
One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as robotics from its last stressed vowel (/ɑtɪks/):
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 robotics mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The science and technology of robots, their design, manufacture, and application
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Robotics in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense the science and technology of robots:
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 robotics come from?
Coined by American science fiction author Isaac Asimov in 1941 from robot + -ics by comparison to "physics ... hydraulics, celestial mechanics, and so on" in his short story Liar!.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).