sic
Spanish, adverb/ˈsik/
sic is spelled S-I-C (3 letters) and appears 5.1 times per million words in written Spanish, the 11,726th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sic is a Spanish adverb meaning “sic (thus; as written)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Úsase en textos escritos para señalar que una transcripción o cita es textual, y que por lo tanto las…”.
What does sic mean in English?
adverb
- 1
sic (thus; as written)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adverb: 1. Úsase en textos escritos para señalar que una transcripción o cita es textual, y que por lo tanto las imprecisiones o errores se deben al autor y no a quien transcribe
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How do you pronounce sic?
- /ˈsik/
- [ˈsik]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to sic
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is sic in Spanish?
sic appears 5.1 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).