touristic
/tʊəˈɹɪstɪk/
"touristic" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“touristic” is uncommon English (frequency #57,132 among 3,151 “T” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #57,132
- frequency rank, English
- 3,151
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Catering to tourists; touristy.
Corpus desk
Index EN-touristic · touristic · English
touristic · rank #57,132 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #57,132
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,151
- PHOTO-FINISH torchlight
Nearest frequency peer: torchlight (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Long-tail ranks near “touristic”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Thwaites
Thwaites
42,874 corpus weight
- Tigre
Tigre
42,873 corpus weight
- torchlight
torchlight
42,870 corpus weight
- touristic
touristic
42,869 corpus weight
- transom
transom
42,866 corpus weight
- trigonometr…
trigonometric
42,864 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “touristic” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | touristic |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /tʊəˈɹɪstɪk/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #57,132 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “touristic” in English
Rare enough to double-check
touristic is uncommon English at frequency #57,132 among 3,151 “T” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /tʊəˈɹɪstɪk/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for touristic in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: From tourist + -ic, popularized by its similarity to Romance words like French touristique and Spanish turístico. The correct English form is touristic, spelled T-O-U-R-I-S-T-I-C.
Definition
- 1Catering to tourists; touristy.
- 2Typical of tourists.
Etymology
From tourist + -ic, popularized by its similarity to Romance words like French touristique and Spanish turístico.
This word in other languages
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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