# somatic

> English word · Adjective · IPA /səˈmætɪk/ · frequency rank #31,772

## Definitions
1. Part of, or relating to the body of an organism.
2. Pertaining, and restricted, to an individual; not inheritable.
3. Of or relating to the wall of the body; somatopleuric; parietal.

## Etymology
From Ancient Greek σωματικός (sōmatikós, “bodily”), σῶμα (sôma, “body”).

## Easily confused with
- **static** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/somatic-vs-static)
- **Somali** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/somali-vs-somatic)
- **Somalia** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/somalia-vs-somatic)
- **Semitic** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/semitic-vs-somatic)
- **semantic** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/semantic-vs-somatic)
- **Socratic** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/socratic-vs-somatic)

## Common misspellings (10)
`osmatic`, `smoatic`, `soamtic`, `somaitc`, `somatci`, `somaticc`, `somattic`, `sommatic`, `somtaic`, `ssomatic`

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