astromancy
/ˈæstɹɵmænsi/
"astromancy" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“astromancy” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Divination by the stars; astrology in its modern prophetic aspect.
Corpus desk
Index EN-astromancy · astromancy · English
astromancy · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" 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 | astromancy |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈæstɹɵmænsi/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “astromancy” in English
Rare enough to double-check
astromancy is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈæstɹɵmænsi/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Divination by the stars; astrology in its modern prophetic aspect.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for astromancy, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: From astro- + -mancy. From Latin astromantīa, from Ancient Greek ἀστρομαντεία (astromanteía), from ἄστρον (ástron, “star”) + μαντεία (manteía, “divination”). The correct English form is astromancy, spelled A-S-T-R-O-M-A-N-C-Y.
Definition
- 1Divination by the stars; astrology in its modern prophetic aspect.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how astromancy appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
In the ancient world and in the Middle Ages astrology was the science of planets and stars, astrolatry was the worship of stars, and astromancy was the practice of soothsaying and divination by means of celestial configurations. We use the word biology for the science of living things and properly speaking we should use the word astrology for the science…
Etymology
From astro- + -mancy. From Latin astromantīa, from Ancient Greek ἀστρομαντεία (astromanteía), from ἄστρον (ástron, “star”) + μαντεία (manteía, “divination”).
Synonyms
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.