vocalic
/vəʊˈkælɪk/
"vocalic" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“vocalic” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pertaining to a vowel.
Corpus desk
Index EN-vocalic · vocalic · English
vocalic · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "V" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | vocalic |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /vəʊˈkælɪk/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “vocalic” in English
Rare enough to double-check
vocalic is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed /vəʊˈkælɪk/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pertaining to a vowel.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for vocalic, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from French vocalique. The correct English form is vocalic, spelled V-O-C-A-L-I-C.
Definition
- 1Pertaining to a vowel.
Etymology
Borrowed from French vocalique.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.