psychometrics
noun
psychometrics is spelled P-S-Y-C-H-O-M-E-T-R-I-C-S: 13 letters. It appears about once in every 14 million words in written English, the 113,022nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, psychometrics means “The design of psychological tests to measure intelligence, aptitude and personality; and the analysis and interpretation of their results” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in psychometrics?
| Letters | 13: P-S-Y-C-H-O-M-E-T-R-I-C-S |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 14 million words; the 113,022nd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is psychometrics?
Psychometrics appears about once in every 14 million words in written English, the 113,022nd 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 psychometrics?
- US
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Wodencafe-psychometrics.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What does psychometrics mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The design of psychological tests to measure intelligence, aptitude and personality; and the analysis and interpretation of their results.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Psychometrics in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense design of psychological tests to measure intelligence:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Portuguese | psicometria |
| Spanish | psicometría |
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 psychometrics come from?
From psycho- + metrics.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).