stochastic
/stəˈkæstɪk/adjective
stochastic is spelled S-T-O-C-H-A-S-T-I-C: 10 letters and 3 syllables. It appears 1.3 times per million words in written English, the 25,070th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, stochastic means “random, randomly determined” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in stochastic?
| Letters | 10: S-T-O-C-H-A-S-T-I-C |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.3 times per million words; the 25,070th 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 stochastic?
Stochastic appears 1.3 times per million words in written English, the 25,070th 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 stochastic?
- /stəˈkæstɪk/
- UK /stəˈkæstɪk/
- US /stəˈkæstɪk/
Stochastic 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-stochastic.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with stochastic?
10 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as stochastic from its last stressed vowel (/æstɪk/):
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).
Forms of stochastic
- more stochastic comparative
- most stochastic superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does stochastic mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
random, randomly determined.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Stochastic in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense random:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | stochastique |
| German | stochastisch, zufallsabhängig, zufallsbedingt |
| Portuguese | estocástico, aleatório |
| Spanish | estocástico |
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 stochastic come from?
From Ancient Greek στοχαστικός (stokhastikós), from στοχάζομαι (stokházomai, “aim at a target, guess”), from στόχος (stókhos, “an aim, a guess”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).