sorcery
/ˈsɔɹ.sə.ɹi/noun
sorcery is spelled S-O-R-C-E-R-Y: 7 letters and 3 syllables. It appears 1.4 times per million words in written English, the 24,170th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, sorcery means “Magical power; the use of witchcraft or magic arts” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of sorcery is sorceries.
How many letters and syllables are in sorcery?
| Letters | 7: S-O-R-C-E-R-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.4 times per million words; the 24,170th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is sorcery?
Sorcery appears 1.4 times per million words in written English, the 24,170th 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 sorcery?
- US /ˈsɔɹ.sə.ɹi/
- UK /ˈsɔː.sə.ɹi/
Sorcery has 3 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-sorcery.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of sorcery
- sorceries plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does sorcery mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Magical power; the use of witchcraft or magic arts.
The tale is full of magic and sorcery.
- 2
Black magic.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Sorcery in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense magical power:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | sorcellerie |
| German | Zauberei, Hexerei |
| Portuguese | feitiçaria, bruxaria, bruxedo, magia, mágica |
| Spanish | brujería, magia |
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 sorcery come from?
From Middle English sorcery, borrowed from Middle French sorcerie, ultimately derived from Latin sors (“fate”), from Proto-Indo-European *ser- (“to bind”). Cognate with serō, seriēs, sermō. Compare also French sorcier.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).