somatic
/səˈmætɪk/adjective
somatic is spelled S-O-M-A-T-I-C: 7 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 31,549th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, somatic means “Part of, or relating to the body of an organism” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in somatic?
| Letters | 7: S-O-M-A-T-I-C |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 1 million words; the 31,549th 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 somatic?
Somatic appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 31,549th 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 somatic?
- US /səˈmætɪk/
- US [səˈmæɾɪk]
Somatic 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-somatic.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with somatic?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as somatic from its last stressed vowel (/ætɪk/):
- democratic
- automatic
- diplomatic
- static
- problematic
- systematic
- traumatic
- bureaucratic
- erratic
- pancreatic
- aromatic
- enigmatic
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 somatic mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Part of, or relating to the body of an organism.
- 2
Pertaining, and restricted, to an individual; not inheritable.
a somatic epitype
- 3
Of or relating to the wall of the body; somatopleuric; parietal.
the somatic stalk of the yolk sac of an embryo
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Somatic in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense relating to the body of an organism:
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.