phantasia
phan·ta·sia/fænˈteɪ.zɪ.ə/noun
phantasia is spelled P-H-A-N-T-A-S-I-A: 9 letters and 3 syllables (phan·ta·sia). It appears about once in every 21 million words in written English, the 138,319th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, phantasia means “A phantasm (an impression received through the senses) or the faculty of receiving or representing these impressions” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of phantasia is phantasias.
How many letters and syllables are in phantasia?
| Letters | 9: P-H-A-N-T-A-S-I-A |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3: phan·ta·sia |
| In writing | about once in every 21 million words; the 138,319th 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 phantasia?
Phantasia appears about once in every 21 million words in written English, the 138,319th 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 phantasia?
- UK /fænˈteɪ.zɪ.ə/
- UK /-ˈtɑː-/
- UK /fænˈteɪ.ʒə/
Phantasia has 3 syllables, split phan·ta·sia in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-I_learned_some_phrases-fantasia.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with phantasia?
One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as phantasia from its last stressed vowel (/eɪzɪə/, 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 phantasia
- phantasias plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does phantasia mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A phantasm (an impression received through the senses) or the faculty of receiving or representing these impressions.
- 2
datedSomething imaginary; a fantasy.
- 3
archaicArchaic spelling of fantasia.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does phantasia come from?
Borrowed from Latin phantasia (“fancy, fantasy; imagination”), and from its etymon Ancient Greek φᾰντᾰσῐ́ᾱ (phăntăsĭ́ā, “appearance, look; display, presentation; pageantry, pomp; impression, perception; image”), from φᾰ́ντᾰσῐς (phắntăsĭs) + -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā, suffix forming feminine abstract nouns). Φᾰ́ντᾰσῐς (Phắntăsĭs) is derived from φᾰντᾰ́ζω (phăntắzō, “to make visible, show; to become visible, appear; to imagine”), from φαίνω (phaínō, “to appear; to reveal; to shine”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- (“to shine”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).