telekinesis
/ˌtɛləkɪˈniːsɪs/
"telekinesis" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“telekinesis” is uncommon English (frequency #55,796 among 3,151 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #55,796
- frequency rank, English
- 3,151
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The ability to move objects with the power of one's mind.
Corpus desk
Index EN-telekinesis · telekinesis · English
telekinesis · rank #55,796 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #55,796
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,151
- PHOTO-FINISH telegraphy
Nearest frequency peer: telegraphy (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Long-tail ranks near “telekinesis”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Taoiseach
Taoiseach
44,210 corpus weight
- telegraphy
telegraphy
44,206 corpus weight
- telekinesis
telekinesis
44,205 corpus weight
- telematics
telematics
44,204 corpus weight
- telepathica…
telepathically
44,203 corpus weight
- terrifyingly
terrifyingly
44,202 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “telekinesis” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | telekinesis |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˌtɛləkɪˈniːsɪs/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #55,796 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “telekinesis” in English
Rare enough to double-check
telekinesis is uncommon English at frequency #55,796 among 3,151 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˌtɛləkɪˈniːsɪs/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for telekinesis in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From tele- + -kinesis. The correct English form is telekinesis, spelled T-E-L-E-K-I-N-E-S-I-S.
Definition
- 1The ability to move objects with the power of one's mind.
- 2An instance of use of such power.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how telekinesis appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Telekinetic energy, which has been variously designated as psychic force (Sir William Crookes), ectenic force (Professor Thury), and telekinesis (Professor Cowes), is demonstrably a power or faculty of the subjective mind.
And this brings me to a consideration of how the phenomena of telekinesis may conceivably be produced — granting that the phenomena are ever genuine at all.
Etymology
From tele- + -kinesis.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).