vic
/vɪk/noun
vic is spelled V-I-C: 3 letters and one syllable. It appears 6.9 times per million words in written English, the 9,045th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data, counting VIC, the name). As a noun, vic means “A victim of a homicide” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of vic is vics.
How many letters and syllables are in vic?
| Letters | 3: V-I-C |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 6.9 times per million words; the 9,045th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; 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 vic?
Vic appears 6.9 times per million words in written English, the 9,045th most frequent word form in the list. The list counts every capitalisation together, so this includes VIC, the name.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce vic?
- /vɪk/
Vic has one syllable (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-au-vic.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with vic?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as vic.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: civ.
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 vic
- vics plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does vic mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
slangA victim of a homicide.
(Ryotaro Dojima): We haven't found the cause of death for the first vic, and now we've got a second one just like it […]
- 2
slangAny unspecified motor vehicle, including trucks and tractors, ordnance, personnel carriers, or AFVs (such as tanks).
noun
- 1
USslangA Ford Crown Victoria automobile.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does vic come from?
Clipping of victim.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).