psychomancy
/ˈsaɪkoʊˌmænsi/
"psychomancy" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“psychomancy” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Divination involving communication with spirits; necromancy.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | psychomancy |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈsaɪkoʊˌmænsi/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “psychomancy” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
psychomancy is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈsaɪkoʊˌmænsi/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Divination involving communication with spirits; necromancy.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for psychomancy in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From psycho- + -mancy. The correct English form is psychomancy, spelled P-S-Y-C-H-O-M-A-N-C-Y.
Definition
- 1Divination involving communication with spirits; necromancy.
Etymology
From psycho- + -mancy.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “psychomancy”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is P-S-Y-C-H-O-M-A-N-C-Y - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈsaɪkoʊˌmænsi/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.