-mancy
"mancy" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“-mancy” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a suffix. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Divination.
Corpus desk
Index EN-mancy · -mancy · English
-mancy · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "-" 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 | -mancy |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Suffix |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “-mancy” in English
Rare enough to double-check
-mancy is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as asuffix. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for -mancy, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Latin -mantīa, ultimately from Ancient Greek μᾰντείᾱ (mănteíā, “divination”). The correct English form is -mancy, spelled --M-A-N-C-Y.
Definition
- 1Divination.
- 2Variety of magic, especially that controlling or related to a specific element, substance, or theme.
Etymology
From Latin -mantīa, ultimately from Ancient Greek μᾰντείᾱ (mănteíā, “divination”).
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.