sceptic
/ˈskɛp.tɪk/
"sceptic" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“sceptic” is uncommon English (frequency #53,229 among 6,566 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #53,229
- frequency rank, English
- 6,566
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Alternative spelling of skeptic.
Corpus desk
Index EN-sceptic · sceptic · English
sceptic · rank #53,229 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #53,229
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,566
- PHOTO-FINISH scrim
Nearest frequency peer: scrim (+1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Long-tail ranks near “sceptic”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Saxton
Saxton
46,775 corpus weight
- sayer
sayer
46,774 corpus weight
- sceptic
sceptic
46,772 corpus weight
- scrim
scrim
46,771 corpus weight
- seductively
seductively
46,768 corpus weight
- Selim
Selim
46,766 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “sceptic” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | sceptic |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈskɛp.tɪk/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #53,229 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “sceptic” in English
Rare enough to double-check
sceptic is uncommon English at frequency #53,229 among 6,566 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈskɛp.tɪk/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Alternative spelling of skeptic.".
sceptic has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct English form is sceptic, spelled S-C-E-P-T-I-C.
Definition
- 1Alternative spelling of skeptic.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).