psychometry
noun
psychometry is spelled P-S-Y-C-H-O-M-E-T-R-Y: 11 letters. It appears about once in every 31 million words in written English, the 169,822nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, psychometry means “The paranormal ability to discover information about an object's past, and especially about its past owners, merely by handling it” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of psychometry is psychometries.
How many letters and syllables are in psychometry?
| Letters | 11: P-S-Y-C-H-O-M-E-T-R-Y |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 31 million words; the 169,822nd 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 psychometry?
Psychometry appears about once in every 31 million words in written English, the 169,822nd 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).
Forms of psychometry
- psychometries plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does psychometry mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The paranormal ability to discover information about an object's past, and especially about its past owners, merely by handling it.
- 2
The use of psychological tests to measure intelligence, abilities, attitudes, and personality traits.
Again, barring in a few universities psychometry and physiological psychology are not regarded as compulsory papers.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Psychometry in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense paranormal ability:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | psychométrie |
| German | Psychometrie |
| 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 psychometry come from?
From psycho- + -metry.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).