synoptic
"synoptic" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“synoptic” is uncommon English (frequency #56,477 among 54,294 “S” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #56,477
- frequency rank, English
- 54,294
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Of or relating to a synopsis.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | synoptic |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #56,477 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “synoptic” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
synoptic is uncommon English at frequency #56,477 among 54,294 “S” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for synoptic in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From New Latin synopticus, from Ancient Greek συνοπτικός (sunoptikós, “seeing the whole together or at a glance”), from σύνοψις (súnopsis, “a general view, synopsis”), from συν- (sun-, “with”) + ὄψις (ópsis, “view”). The correct English form is synoptic, spelled S-Y-N-O-P-T-I-C.
Definition
- 1Of or relating to a synopsis.
- 2Obtained simultaneously over a wide area, for presenting a comprehensive and nearly instantaneous picture of the state of the atmosphere.
- 3Pertaining to the gospels of Matthew, Mark and Luke.
Etymology
From New Latin synopticus, from Ancient Greek συνοπτικός (sunoptikós, “seeing the whole together or at a glance”), from σύνοψις (súnopsis, “a general view, synopsis”), from συν- (sun-, “with”) + ὄψις (ópsis, “view”).
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “synoptic”
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- The one correct English spelling is S-Y-N-O-P-T-I-C - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.