sciatic
/saɪˈætɪk/
"sciatic" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“sciatic” is uncommon English (frequency #57,049 among 54,294 “S” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #57,049
- frequency rank, English
- 54,294
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Of, or relating to the ischium.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | sciatic |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /saɪˈætɪk/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #57,049 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “sciatic” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
sciatic is uncommon English at frequency #57,049 among 54,294 “S” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /saɪˈætɪk/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for sciatic, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Middle French sciatique, from Late Latin sciaticus, variant of ischiadicus, from Ancient Greek ἰσχιαδικός (iskhiadikós), the adjective of ἰσχίον (iskhíon, “hip”). The correct English form is sciatic, spelled S-C-I-A-T-I-C.
Definition
- 1Of, or relating to the ischium.
- 2Of, or relating to sciatica.
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French sciatique, from Late Latin sciaticus, variant of ischiadicus, from Ancient Greek ἰσχιαδικός (iskhiadikós), the adjective of ἰσχίον (iskhíon, “hip”).
This word in other languages
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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Using “sciatic”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is S-C-I-A-T-I-C - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.