parapsychology
/ˌpɛɹəˌsaɪˈkɑlədʒi/
"parapsychology" is a 14-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“parapsychology” is uncommon English (frequency #78,918 among 46,516 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #78,918
- frequency rank, English
- 46,516
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The study of alleged paranormal phenomena; psychic or occult phenomena, such as telepathy and ghosts.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | parapsychology |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˌpɛɹəˌsaɪˈkɑlədʒi/ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Frequency rank | #78,918 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “parapsychology” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
parapsychology is uncommon English at frequency #78,918 among 46,516 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˌpɛɹəˌsaɪˈkɑlədʒi/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The study of alleged paranormal phenomena; psychic or occult phenomena, such as telepathy and ghosts.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for parapsychology, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From para- (“above, beyond; abnormal”) + psychology. The correct English form is parapsychology, spelled P-A-R-A-P-S-Y-C-H-O-L-O-G-Y.
Definition
- 1The study of alleged paranormal phenomena; psychic or occult phenomena, such as telepathy and ghosts.
Etymology
From para- (“above, beyond; abnormal”) + psychology.
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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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- The one correct English spelling is P-A-R-A-P-S-Y-C-H-O-L-O-G-Y - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.