fortune teller
/ˈfɔːt͡ʃuːn ˈtɛlə/
"fortune-teller" is a 13-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“fortune teller” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A person who professes to predict the future in return for money.
Corpus desk
Index EN-fortune-teller · fortune teller · English
fortune teller · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "F" 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 | fortune teller |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈfɔːt͡ʃuːn ˈtɛlə/ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “fortune teller” in English
Rare enough to double-check
fortune teller is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈfɔːt͡ʃuːn ˈtɛlə/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for fortune teller in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. 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.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct English form is fortune teller, spelled F-O-R-T-U-N-E- -T-E-L-L-E-R.
Definition
- 1A person who professes to predict the future in return for money.
- 2A cootie catcher.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how fortune teller appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
"Cross my palm with silver and I'll tell you your fortune," said the fortune teller.
So I guess the fortune teller's right / I should've seen just what was there
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.