syndic
/ˈsɪndɪk/
"syndic" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“syndic” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
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- below top-frequency English
- 6
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According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A government official having different duties depending on the country; also, a magistrate, especially one of the Chief Magistrates of Geneva, Switzerland.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | syndic |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈsɪndɪk/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “syndic” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
syndic is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈsɪndɪk/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
syndic has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from French syndic (“delegated representative; a chief magistrate of Geneva; a censor; critic (obsolete)”), from Late Latin syndicus (“representative of a corporation or town, syndic”), from Ancient Greek σύνδικος (súndikos, “advocate of a defendan… The correct English form is syndic, spelled S-Y-N-D-I-C.
Definition
- 1A government official having different duties depending on the country; also, a magistrate, especially one of the Chief Magistrates of Geneva, Switzerland.
- 2An agent of a corporation, or of any body of people engaged in a business enterprise; specifically, in the University of Cambridge, a member of the senate appointed to carry out specific duties.
- 3A layperson who is given official responsibility for the finances, care, and civil administration of the nonreligious details of a convent or religious community.
Etymology
Borrowed from French syndic (“delegated representative; a chief magistrate of Geneva; a censor; critic (obsolete)”), from Late Latin syndicus (“representative of a corporation or town, syndic”), from Ancient Greek σύνδικος (súndikos, “advocate of a defendant”), from σῠν- (sŭn-, prefix meaning ‘together, with’) + δῐ́κη (dĭ́kē, “law, order; right; judgment; justice; lawsuit; trial”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *deyḱ- (“to point out”)) + -ος (-os, suffix forming nouns).
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “syndic”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is S-Y-N-D-I-C - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈsɪndɪk/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.