psychical
/ˈsʌɪkɪk(ə)l/adjective
psychical is spelled P-S-Y-C-H-I-C-A-L: 9 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 4 million words in written English, the 61,481st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, psychical means “Performed by or pertaining to the psyche (the mind, spirit, or both): mental, psychic” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in psychical?
| Letters | 9: P-S-Y-C-H-I-C-A-L |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 4 million words; the 61,481st most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is psychical?
Psychical appears about once in every 4 million words in written English, the 61,481st 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 psychical?
- UK /ˈsʌɪkɪk(ə)l/
Psychical has 3 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-psychical.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What does psychical mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Performed by or pertaining to the psyche (the mind, spirit, or both): mental, psychic.
- 2
Pertaining to the animal nature of man, as opposed to the spirit.
- 3
Outside the realm of the physical; supernatural, psychic.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does psychical come from?
From Ancient Greek ψυχικός (psukhikós) + -al. By surface analysis, psyche + -ical.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).