satyric

adj

"satyric" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“satyric” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
7
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Of or pertaining to a satyr.

Corpus desk

Index EN-satyric · satyric · English

satyric · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "S" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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Key facts for satyric
PropertyValue
Headwordsatyric
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechAdjective
Letters7
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “satyric” in English

satyricsits beyond the 100,000 most-frequent English words, in the long tail of technical, archaic, or otherwise rare vocabulary where spelling doubt tends to strike hardest.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

satyric is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Of or pertaining to a satyr.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for satyric, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Etymologically, the entry records: From Ancient Greek σατυρικός (saturikós), from σάτυρος (sáturos). The correct English form is satyric, spelled S-A-T-Y-R-I-C.

Definition

  1. 1
    Of or pertaining to a satyr.

Etymology

From Ancient Greek σατυρικός (saturikós), from σάτυρος (sáturos).

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "satyric"?
"satyric" is spelled S-A-T-Y-R-I-C.
What does "satyric" mean?
As an adjective, "satyric" means: Of or pertaining to a satyr.
What is the origin of the word "satyric"?
From Ancient Greek σατυρικός (saturikós), from σάτυρος (sáturos). See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list