# sporadic

> English word · Adjective · IPA /spəˈɹæd.ɪk/ · frequency rank #19,978

## Definitions
1. (of diseases) occurring in isolated instances; not epidemic.
2. Rare and scattered in occurrence.
3. Exhibiting random behavior; patternless.
4. Not belonging to any infinite family; an exception to an otherwise orderly classification.

## Etymology
From Medieval Latin sporadicus (whence also French sporadique, Italian sporadico, Spanish esporádico), from Ancient Greek σποραδικός (sporadikós), from σποράς (sporás, “scattered, dispersed”), from σπορά (sporá), σπόρος (spóros, “a sowing [of seed]”).

## Common misspellings (12)
`psoradic`, `sopradic`, `spoardic`, `sporadci`, `sporaddic`, `sporadicc`, `sporaidc`, `spordaic`, `sporradic`, `spporadic`, `sproadic`, `ssporadic`

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