# systemic

> English word · Adjective · IPA /sɪˈstɛmɪk/ · frequency rank #10,620

## Definitions
1. Embedded within and spread throughout and affecting a whole system, group, body, economy, market, or society.
2. Pertaining to an entire organism.

## Etymology
From system + -ic. Doublet of systematic.

## Easily confused with
- **systems** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/systemic-vs-systems)
- **systolic** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/systemic-vs-systolic)
- **system** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/system-vs-systemic)
- **systematic** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/systematic-vs-systemic)

## Common misspellings (13)
`ssystemic`, `ssytemic`, `sysetmic`, `sysstemic`, `systeimc`, `systemci`, `systemicc`, `systemmic`, `systmeic`, `systtemic`, `sytsemic`, `syystemic`, `ysstemic`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/systemic