systemic
/sɪˈstɛm.ɪk/adjective
systemic is spelled S-Y-S-T-E-M-I-C: 8 letters and 3 syllables. It appears 5.5 times per million words in written English, the 10,519th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). People search “systematic vs systemic” about 9,900 times a month (Google, United States). As an adjective, systemic means “Embedded within and spread throughout and affecting a whole system, group, body, economy, market, or society” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in systemic?
| Letters | 8: S-Y-S-T-E-M-I-C |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 5.5 times per million words; the 10,519th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Pairs people 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); 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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is systemic?
Systemic appears 5.5 times per million words in written English, the 10,519th 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 systemic?
- UK /sɪˈstɛm.ɪk/
- UK /sɪˈstiː.mɪk/
- US /sɪˈstɛm.ɪk/
Systemic 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-systemic.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with systemic
Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).
Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with systemic?
3 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as systemic from its last stressed vowel (/ɛmɪk/):
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).
What does systemic mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Embedded within and spread throughout and affecting a whole system, group, body, economy, market, or society.
- 2
Pertaining to an entire organism.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Systemic in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | systémique |
| German | systemisch, System- |
| Spanish | sistémico |
| Portuguese | sistêmico |
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 systemic come from?
From system + -ic. Doublet of systematic.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).