# tropics

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #23,709

## Definitions
1. The region of the Earth centred on the equator and lying between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn and characterized by a hot climate.

## Easily confused with
- **topic** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/topic-vs-tropics)
- **topics** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/topics-vs-tropics)
- **tropic** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tropic-vs-tropics)
- **tropical** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tropical-vs-tropics)

## Common misspellings (11)
`rtopics`, `torpics`, `troipcs`, `tropcis`, `tropiccs`, `tropicss`, `tropisc`, `troppics`, `trpoics`, `trropics`, `ttropics`

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