psychical
/ˈsʌɪkɪk(ə)l/
"psychical" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“psychical” is uncommon English (frequency #61,734 among 4,417 “P” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #61,734
- frequency rank, English
- 4,417
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Performed by or pertaining to the psyche (the mind, spirit, or both): mental, psychic.
Corpus desk
Index EN-psychical · psychical · English
psychical · rank #61,734 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #61,734
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,417
- PHOTO-FINISH PSR
Nearest frequency peer: PSR (-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 “psychical”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- proteomics
proteomics
38,271 corpus weight
- PSR
PSR
38,268 corpus weight
- psychical
psychical
38,267 corpus weight
- puerile
puerile
38,265 corpus weight
- Puyallup
Puyallup
38,264 corpus weight
- pyrotechnic
pyrotechnic
38,263 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “psychical” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | psychical |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈsʌɪkɪk(ə)l/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #61,734 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “psychical” in English
Rare enough to double-check
psychical is uncommon English at frequency #61,734 among 4,417 “P” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˈsʌɪkɪk(ə)l/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for psychical in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Ancient Greek ψυχικός (psukhikós) + -al. By surface analysis, psyche + -ical. The correct English form is psychical, spelled P-S-Y-C-H-I-C-A-L.
Definition
- 1Performed by or pertaining to the psyche (the mind, spirit, or both): mental, psychic.
- 2Pertaining to the animal nature of man, as opposed to the spirit.
- 3Outside the realm of the physical; supernatural, psychic.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how psychical appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Who could say where the fleshly impulse ceased, or the psychical impulse began?
Even more perhaps than other kinds of genius, religious leaders have been subject to abnormal psychical visitations. Invariably they have been creatures of exalted emotional sensibility.
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ψυχικός (psukhikós) + -al. By surface analysis, psyche + -ical.
Antonyms
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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