pyromania
/ˌpaɪɹə(ʊ)ˈmeɪnɪə/noun
pyromania is spelled P-Y-R-O-M-A-N-I-A: 9 letters. It appears about once in every 22 million words in written English, the 143,405th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, pyromania means “A compulsive disorder characterized by obsession with fire or uncontrollable urges to start fires” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of pyromania is pyromanias.
How many letters and syllables are in pyromania?
| Letters | 9: P-Y-R-O-M-A-N-I-A |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 22 million words; the 143,405th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is pyromania?
Pyromania appears about once in every 22 million words in written English, the 143,405th 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 pyromania?
- UK /ˌpaɪɹə(ʊ)ˈmeɪnɪə/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Flame,_not_lame-pyromania.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with pyromania?
2 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as pyromania from its last stressed vowel (/eɪnɪə/, British pronunciation):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of pyromania
- pyromanias plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does pyromania mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A compulsive disorder characterized by obsession with fire or uncontrollable urges to start fires.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Pyromania in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense disorder:
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 pyromania come from?
From pyro- + -mania.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).