# topic

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈtɒpɪk/ · frequency rank #3,093

## Definitions
1. topical

## Etymology
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”).

## Easily confused with
- **tops** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/topic-vs-tops)
- **tori** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/topic-vs-tori)
- **toxic** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/topic-vs-toxic)
- **toxin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/topic-vs-toxin)
- **tunic** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/topic-vs-tunic)
- **Topsy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/topic-vs-topsy)
- **topics** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/topic-vs-topics)
- **tropic** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/topic-vs-tropic)
- **topical** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/topic-vs-topical)
- **tropics** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/topic-vs-tropics)
- **top** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/top-vs-topic)
- **tic** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tic-vs-topic)
- **TOI** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/toi-vs-topic)
- **ToC** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/toc-vs-topic)
- **Toni** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/toni-vs-topic)
- **toil** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/toil-vs-topic)
- **tonic** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tonic-vs-topic)
- **Tobin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tobin-vs-topic)
- **topaz** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/topaz-vs-topic)
- **tepid** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tepid-vs-topic)

## Common misspellings (7)
`otpic`, `toipc`, `topci`, `topicc`, `toppic`, `tpoic`, `ttopic`

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