metempsychosis
/mɛtəmsʌɪˈkəʊsɪs/noun
metempsychosis is spelled M-E-T-E-M-P-S-Y-C-H-O-S-I-S: 14 letters. It appears about once in every 32 million words in written English, the 171,907th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, metempsychosis means “Transmigration of the soul, especially its reincarnation after death” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of metempsychosis is metempsychoses.
How many letters and syllables are in metempsychosis?
| Letters | 14: M-E-T-E-M-P-S-Y-C-H-O-S-I-S |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 32 million words; the 171,907th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is metempsychosis?
Metempsychosis appears about once in every 32 million words in written English, the 171,907th 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 metempsychosis?
- UK /mɛtəmsʌɪˈkəʊsɪs/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-metempsychosis.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with metempsychosis?
7 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as metempsychosis from its last stressed vowel (/əʊsɪs/, British pronunciation):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of metempsychosis
- metempsychoses plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does metempsychosis mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Transmigration of the soul, especially its reincarnation after death.
Faiths and philosophies the world over have entertained prospects of some existence beyond the grave (perhaps in metempsychosis, the transmigration of souls), and belief in ghosts, shades or the wandering spirits of lost souls has been ubiq
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Metempsychosis in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense Transmigration of the soul:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | métempsycose |
| German | Metempsychose, Seelenwanderung |
| Portuguese | metempsicose |
| Spanish | metempsicosis |
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 metempsychosis come from?
From Late Latin metempsychosis, from Koine Greek μετεμψύχωσις (metempsúkhōsis).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).