sonic
/ˈsɑnɪk/adjective
sonic is spelled S-O-N-I-C: 5 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 8.5 times per million words in written English, the 7,910th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, sonic means “Of or relating to sound” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in sonic?
| Letters | 5: S-O-N-I-C |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 8.5 times per million words; the 7,910th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with | |
| Same letters |
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 sonic?
Sonic appears 8.5 times per million words in written English, the 7,910th 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 sonic?
- UK /ˈsɒnɪk/
- US /ˈsɑnɪk/
- Canada /ˈsɒnɪk/
Sonic has 2 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)-Simplificationalizer-sonic.wav, En-us-sonic.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with sonic?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as sonic from its last stressed vowel (/ɑnɪk/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: scion.
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 sonic mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Of or relating to sound.
a sonic extravagance
- 2
Having a speed approaching that of the speed of sound in air.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Sonic in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense of or relating to sound:
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.
Where does sonic come from?
From Latin sonus + English -ic.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).