topic
top·ic/ˈtɑpɪk/adjective, noun
topic is spelled T-O-P-I-C: 5 letters and 2 syllables (top·ic). It appears 31 times per million words in written English, the 3,052nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, topic means “topical” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in topic?
| Letters | 5: T-O-P-I-C |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: top·ic |
| In writing | 31 times per million words; the 3,052nd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with | |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; 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 topic?
Topic appears 31 times per million words in written English, the 3,052nd 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 topic?
- UK /ˈtɒpɪk/
- US /ˈtɑpɪk/
Topic has 2 syllables, split top·ic in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-topic.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with topic?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as topic from its last stressed vowel (/ɑpɪk/):
- microscopic
- philanthropic
- isotropic
- anisotropic
- kaleidoscopic
- misanthropic
- gyroscopic
- hygroscopic
- anthropic
- orthotropic
- homotopic
- allotropic
Spelled with the same letters in another order: optic, picot.
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 topic
- topick
- topics plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does topic mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
topical
noun
- 1
A subject; a theme; a category or general area of interest.
A society where a topic cannot be discussed, does not have free speech.
- 2
A discussion thread.
- 3
A component similar to a message queue which supports multiple subscribers.
- 4
A musical sign intended to suggest a particular style or genre.
- 5
obsoleteAn argument or reason.
- 6
obsoleteAn external local application or remedy, such as a plaster, a blister, etc.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Topic in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense subject; theme:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | sujet, thème |
| German | Thema |
| Portuguese | tópico, assunto |
| Spanish | tema, tópico, asunto, bolá, torete, torillo |
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 topic come from?
From Latin topica, from Ancient Greek τοπικός (topikós, “pertaining to a place, local, pertaining to a common place, or topic, topical”), from τόπος (tópos, “a place”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).