psychic
/ˈsaɪkɪk/noun, adjective
psychic is spelled P-S-Y-C-H-I-C. The wrong spelling people search most is psyhic: about 230 Bing searches a month in the United States (September 2025 to August 2026), about 1 in 26 of all searches for the word. Psychic is a noun meaning “A person who possesses, or appears to possess, extrasensory abilities such as clairvoyance, precognition and…”. The plural of psychic is psychics.
How many letters and syllables are in psychic?
| Letters | 7: P-S-Y-C-H-I-C |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 6.3 times per million words; the 9,594th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | 2; the most searched, psyhic, about 230 Bing searches a month (all of them) |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026).
How do you spell psychic?
Psychic is spelled P-S-Y-C-H-I-C. 2 wrong spellings are searched or written often enough to measure; together they are about 1 in 24 of the searches for psychic in either form.
Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026). Wrong spellings are taken from Wiktionary entries tagged "misspelling" and its obsolete or nonstandard forms, Wikipedia's Lists of common misspellings and the codespell dictionary, then measured. The proofreader's marks show the change that corrects each one.
How common is psychic?
Psychic appears 6.3 times per million words in written English, the 9,594th 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 psychic?
- UK /ˈsaɪkɪk/
- US /ˈsaɪkɪk/
- US [ˈsʌɪkɪk]
Psychic has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-psychic.wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Simplificationalizer-psychic.wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Wodencafe-psychic.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of psychic
- psychics plural
- more psychic comparative
- most psychic superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does psychic mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A person who possesses, or appears to possess, extrasensory abilities such as clairvoyance, precognition and telepathy, as well as potentially interact externally using their minds or souls through telekinesis or teleportation, or who appears to be susceptible to paranormal or supernatural influences.
- 2
A person who supposedly contacts the dead; a medium.
- 3
In gnostic theologian Valentinus' triadic grouping of man, the second-highest type; a person focused on intellectual reality (the other two being hylic and pneumatic).
adjective
- 1
Relating to or having the abilities of a psychic.
You must be psychic–I was just about to say that.
- 2
Relating to the psyche or mind, or to mental activity in general.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate psychic?
Wiktionary records one abbreviation of psychic: psych.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Psychic in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | Mensch mit außersinnlicher Wahrnehmung |
| Portuguese | sensitivo , médium , parapsíquico, psíquico |
| French | médium |
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 psychic come from?
From Ancient Greek ψυχικός (psukhikós, “relative to the soul, spirit, mind”). Earlier referred to as "psychical"; or from Ancient Greek ψυχή (psukhḗ, “soul, mind, psyche”). First appeared (as substantive) 1871 and first records 1895.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).