Alphabetic

Definitions: Alphabetic

Alphabetic

Adjective

1. Relating to or expressed by an alphabet; "alphabetical writing system".

2. Arranged in order according to the alphabet; "an alphabetic arrangement"; "dictionaries list words in alphabetical order".

Date "alphabetic" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1550. (references)

Specialty Definitions: Alphabetic

Domain	Definitions
Post & Telecom	Referring to data using only the letters of the alphabet. Source: European Union. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Synonym: Alphabetic

Synonym: alphabetical (adj). (additional references)

Synonym by domain: al- (computing, language).

Antonym: analphabetic (adj). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Alphabetic

English words defined with "alphabetic": Abecedary, alphabetic character, alphabetic script, alphabetic writing, alphabetical, analphabetic, Arabic, Arabic script ♦ bigram ♦ capital ♦ tetragram, trigram ♦ upper case, upper-case letter. (references)

Specialty definitions using "alphabetic": alphabetic match, ascending alphabetic index, ascending alphabetic sort ♦ BHR, binary-coded decimal, block number ♦ city guide ♦ DATA ENTRY CLERK, data entry operator, descending alphabetic sort, dynamically redefinable character set ♦ Federal Information Processing Standards, five-unit code, FOSDIC ♦ intelligent database ♦ MEDICAL-RECORD CLERK, Moabite stone, modulation keying ♦ numeric coding ♦ town guide. (references)

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Modern Usage: Alphabetic

Domain	Usage
Movie/TV Titles	ABC the Alphabetic Tribe (1998)
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Commercial Usage: Alphabetic

Domain	Title
Books	A Dictionary of the Ugaritic Language in the Alphabetic Tradition (Handbook of Oriental Studies/Handbuch Der Orientalistik. Part 1 Ancient Near East, (reference) Alphabetic Indexing Rules: Application by Computer (Text-Workbook) (reference) International Acronyms, Initialisms, & Abbreviations Dictionary: A Guide to International Acronymns, Initialisms, Abbreviations, Alphabetic Symbols, C (reference) Medical Subject Headings-Annotated Alphabetic List 2000 (Medical Subject Headings. Annotated Alphabetical Lists, 2000) (reference) Notemaking Superwrite: Alphabetic Writi (reference) (more book examples)

Theater & Movies	AKWAABA...WELCOME TO ALPHABETIC AFRICA (reference) (more DVD examples; more video examples)
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Usage Frequency: Alphabetic

"Alphabetic" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Alphabetic" is used about 43 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Adjective (general or positive)	100%	43	52,181

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expressions: Alphabetic

Expressions using "alphabetic": alphabetic character ♦ alphabetic code ♦ alphabetic index ♦ alphabetic match ♦ alphabetic order ♦ alphabetic script ♦ alphabetic writing ♦ ascending alphabetic index ♦ ascending alphabetic sort ♦ descending alphabetic sort ♦ in alphabetic order. Additional references.
Hyphenated Usage
	Beginning with "alphabetic": alphabetic-classed.
	Ending with "alphabetic": non-alphabetic, pre-alphabetic.
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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Alphabetic

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day
alphabetic	13
alphabetic principle	11
alphabetic order	7
alphabetic phonics	6
alphabetic filing rule	6
alphabetic ancient order	3
alphabetic filing	3
activity alphabetic principle	2
alphabetic mind	2
alphabetic animated letter	2
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Modern Translations: Alphabetic

Language		Translations for "alphabetic"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		alfabetik (alphabetical). (various references)

Arabic		‏مرتب حسب الحروف الأبجدية (alphabetical), ‏أبجدي (alphabetical). (various references)

Bulgarian		азбучен (abecedarian, alphabetical). (various references)

Chinese		按字母顺序 (Alphabetical, Alphabetically). (various references)

Czech		abecední (abecedarian, alphabetical). (various references)

Danish		alfabetisk (abecedarian, alphabetical, lexical). (various references)

Dutch		alfabetisch (abecedarian, alphabetical, lexical). (various references)

Farsi		الفباءی (Alphabetical). (various references)

Finnish		aakkosellinen. (various references)

French		alphabétique (alphabet, alphabetical). (various references)

German		alphabetisch (abecedarian, alphabetical, alphabetically). (various references)

Greek		αλφαβητικός. (various references)

Hungarian		betûrendi (alphabetical), betûrendes (abecedarian, alphabetical), ábécérend (alphabetical). (various references)

Italian		alfabetico (abecedarian, alphabetical). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		欧字 (letter). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		おうじ (ancient times, imperial or royal cause, imperial prince, letter, past events, prince, the past). (various references)

Korean		알파벳순 (Alphabetical). (various references)

Pig Latin		alphabeticay

Portuguese		alfabético (abecedarian, alphabetical). (various references)

Romanian		alfabetic (abecedarian, alphabetical, alphabetically). (various references)

Russian		алфавитный (alphabetical). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		azbučni (alphabetical). (various references)

Spanish		alfabético (abecedarian, alphabetical). (various references)

Swedish		alfabetisk (abecedarian, alphabetical). (various references)

Turkish		alfabetik (alphabetical). (various references)

Ukranian		азбучний (abecedarian, alphabetical), алфавітний (alphabetical), абетковий (alphabetical). (various references)

Vietnamese		theo thứ tự abc (alphabetically). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Alphabetic

Derivations
	Words beginning with "alphabetic": alphabetical, alphabetically. (additional references)
	Words ending with "alphabetic": analphabetic, nonalphabetic. (additional references)
	Words containing "alphabetic": analphabetics. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Alphabetic" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: alphabetec, alphabetuc, alphebetic. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Alphabetic"

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "alphabetic" (pronounced a'lfube"tik)
6	-u b e" t i k	diabetic.
4	-e" t i k	acetic, aesthetic, anesthetic, apathetic, apologetic, arithmetic, ascetic, athletic, cosmetic, diamagnetic, dietetic, diuretic, electromagnetic, emetic, empathetic, energetic, epigenetic, ferromagnetic, frenetic, genetic, geomagnetic, homiletic, hyperkinetic, kinesthetic, kinetic, magnetic, paramagnetic, parasympathetic, parthenogenetic, pathetic, peripatetic, phonetic, poetic, prophetic, prosthetic, sympathetic, synthetic, unapologetic, unsympathetic.
3	-t i k	acoustic, acrobatic, aerobatic, agnostic, altruistic, amniotic, anachronistic, analytic, antagonistic, Antarctic, antibiotic, antic, anticlimactic, antiseptic, aortic, apocalyptic, apoplectic, aquatic, arctic, aristocratic, aromatic, arthritic, artistic, asthmatic, astronautic, asymptomatic, atavistic, atheistic, attic, authentic, autistic, autocratic, automatic, axiomatic, ballistic, bombastic, bureaucratic, capitalistic, catalytic, cathartic, caustic, chaotic, characteristic, charismatic, chauvinistic, chiropractic, cinematic, climactic, climatic, coloristic, critic, cryptic, cultic, cystic, democratic, dendritic, despotic, deterministic, diagnostic, diagrammatic, dialectic, didactic, diplomatic, dogmatic, domestic, dramatic, drastic, drumstick, dualistic, dynastic, ecclesiastic, eclectic, ecliptic, ecstatic, elastic, electrolytic, electrostatic, emblematic, emphatic, enigmatic, enthusiastic, enzymatic, epileptic, erotic, erratic, euphemistic, evangelistic, exotic, expressionistic, extragalactic, fanatic, fantastic, fatalistic, feudalistic, fiberoptic, frantic, futuristic, galactic, gigantic, granitic, gymnastic, halophytic, hectic, hedonistic, hemolytic, hepatic, heretic, hermaphroditic, holistic, homeostatic, humanistic, hypnotic, iconoclastic, idealistic, idiomatic, idiosyncratic, idiotic, imperialistic, impressionistic, individualistic, inelastic, interscholastic, jingoistic, journalistic, lactic, legalistic, linguistic, logistic, lymphatic, majestic, masochistic, materialistic, mathematic, mechanistic, melodramatic, militaristic, monastic, monochromatic, monopolistic, moralistic, mystic, narcissistic, narcotic, nationalistic, naturalistic, neritic, neurotic, novelistic, numismatic, oligopolistic, onomastic, operatic, opportunistic, optic, optimistic, orthodontic, pancreatic, pantheistic, paralytic, parasitic, paternalistic, patriotic, patristic, pectic, pedantic, peptic, pessimistic, phosphatic, plastic, pluralistic, pneumatic, polytheistic, porphyritic, posttraumatic, pragmatic, primitivistic, prismatic, problematic, programmatic, propagandistic, prophylactic, prostatic, psychoanalytic, psychosomatic, psychotherapeutic, psychotic, puristic, quixotic, realistic, relativistic, rheumatic, ritualistic, robotic, romantic, rustic, sadistic, sarcastic, schematic, scholastic, semantic, semiautomatic, semiotic, sensationalistic, septic, simplistic, skeptic, socialistic, static, statistic, stylistic, surrealistic, sycophantic, symbiotic, symptomatic, synergistic, systematic, tactic, technocratic, terroristic, thematic, theocratic, therapeutic, thermoplastic, thrombolytic, transatlantic, traumatic, triptych, unauthentic, uncharacteristic, undemocratic, undiplomatic, unenthusiastic, unpatriotic, unrealistic, voyeuristic.
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Anagrams: Alphabetic

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-a-b-c-e-h-i-l-p-t"
	-1 letter: caliphate.
	-2 letters: alphabet, haptical, hepatica.
	-3 letters: acaleph, actable, aphelia, aphetic, calathi, capable, capital, chaetal, chapati, chaplet, citable, ethical, haplite, hatable, hepatic, labiate, placate, plicate.
	-4 letters: abelia, ablate, acetal, aecial, albeit, albite, althea, apache, apical, aplite, atelic, bleach, blithe, cablet, caliph, capita, caplet, chaeta, chalet, chapel, chital, epical, habile, halite, haptic, heliac, hepcat, hiatal, palace.
	Words containing the letters "a-a-b-c-e-h-i-l-p-t"
	+2 letters: alphabetical, analphabetic, bathypelagic.
	+3 letters: analphabetics, nonalphabetic.
	+4 letters: alphabetically.
	+5 letters: hypercatabolism.
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