statistic
/stəˈtɪs.tɪk/adjective, noun, verb
statistic is spelled S-T-A-T-I-S-T-I-C: 9 letters and 3 syllables. It appears 2.8 times per million words in written English, the 16,005th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, statistic means “Alternative form of statistical” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in statistic?
| Letters | 9: S-T-A-T-I-S-T-I-C |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 2.8 times per million words; the 16,005th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Pairs people search |
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); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026).
How common is statistic?
Statistic appears 2.8 times per million words in written English, the 16,005th 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 statistic?
- /stəˈtɪs.tɪk/
Statistic 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: En-us-statistic.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with statistic
Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).
Also written: statistical.
Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
Forms of statistic
- more statistic comparative
- most statistic superlative
- statistics plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- statisticking participle, present
- statisticked participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does statistic mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Alternative form of statistical.
noun
- 1
A single item in a statistical study.
- 2
A quantity calculated from the data in a sample, which characterises an important aspect in the sample (such as mean or standard deviation).
- 3
A person, or personal event, reduced to being an item of statistical information.
By dying from an overdose, he became just another statistic.
verb
- 1
To analyze or describe using statistics.
- 2
To cite or calculate statistics.
- 3
To comprise (as statistics)
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate statistic?
Wiktionary records one abbreviation of statistic: stat.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Statistic in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense single item of a statistical study:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | statistique |
| Portuguese | estatística |
| Spanish | estadística |
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 statistic come from?
Back-formation from statistics.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).