clairvoyance
/klɛɹˈvɔɪəns/noun
clairvoyance is spelled C-L-A-I-R-V-O-Y-A-N-C-E: 12 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 4 million words in written English, the 58,714th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, clairvoyance means “The power to see or perceive things, objects or events beyond the natural range of the senses, such as the past or the future” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of clairvoyance is clairvoyances.
How many letters and syllables are in clairvoyance?
| Letters | 12: C-L-A-I-R-V-O-Y-A-N-C-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 4 million words; the 58,714th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is clairvoyance?
Clairvoyance appears about once in every 4 million words in written English, the 58,714th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce clairvoyance?
- US /klɛɹˈvɔɪəns/
- UK /klɛəˈvɔɪəns/
Clairvoyance has 3 syllables (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-ca-clairvoyance.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of clairvoyance
- clairvoyances plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does clairvoyance mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The power to see or perceive things, objects or events beyond the natural range of the senses, such as the past or the future.
- 2
Acute intuitive insight or perceptiveness; sagacity.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Clairvoyance in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense the power to perceive objects that are not accessible to the senses:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | clairvoyance |
| German | Hellsehen, Hellseherei |
| Portuguese | clarividência |
| Spanish | clarividencia |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does clairvoyance come from?
Borrowed from French clairvoyance.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).