psychedelia
"psychedelia" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“psychedelia” is uncommon English (frequency #66,223 among 4,417 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #66,223
- frequency rank, English
- 4,417
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The subculture associated with those who take psychedelic drugs.
Corpus desk
Index EN-psychedelia · psychedelia · English
psychedelia · rank #66,223 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #66,223
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,417
- PHOTO-FINISH Prout
Nearest frequency peer: Prout (-1 rank slots)
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.
Long-tail ranks near “psychedelia”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- proliferati…
proliferative
33,783 corpus weight
- prostagland…
prostaglandin
33,782 corpus weight
- Prout
Prout
33,779 corpus weight
- psychedelia
psychedelia
33,778 corpus weight
- Purana
Purana
33,776 corpus weight
- quatro
quatro
33,774 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “psychedelia” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | psychedelia |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #66,223 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “psychedelia” in English
Rare enough to double-check
psychedelia is uncommon English at frequency #66,223 among 4,417 “P” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The subculture associated with those who take psychedelic drugs.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for psychedelia, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From psychedelic + -ia. The correct English form is psychedelia, spelled P-S-Y-C-H-E-D-E-L-I-A.
Definition
- 1The subculture associated with those who take psychedelic drugs.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how psychedelia appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Recess’s website features the charms of vaporwave internet art and Lisa Frank-style nostalgia, while their Instagram account evokes the combined look of “Endless Summer” with “Floridian retiree” and the summer-camp psychedelia that has replaced “Lifestyle Lumberjack” as the default millennial style choice.
Etymology
From psychedelic + -ia.
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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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).