# skeptic

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈskɛp.tɪk/ · frequency rank #33,419

## Definitions
1. Someone who doubts beliefs, claims, plans, etc. that are accepted by others as true or appropriate, especially one who habitually does so.
2. Someone who is skeptical towards religion.

## Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French sceptique (but with a pronunciation closer to that of the Greek etymon), or possibly directly from Late Latin scepticus (originally attested only in the plural Scepticī (“the sect of Skeptics”)), from Ancient Greek σκεπτικός (skeptikós, “thoughtful, inquiring”), from σκέπτομαι (sképtomai, “I consider”), compare to σκοπέω (skopéō, “I view, examine”).

## Easily confused with
- **skeptical** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/skeptic-vs-skeptical)
- **septic** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/septic-vs-skeptic)

## Common misspellings (11)
`kseptic`, `sekptic`, `skepitc`, `skepptic`, `skeptci`, `skepticc`, `skepttic`, `sketpic`, `skkeptic`, `skpetic`, `sskeptic`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/skeptic