psychiatrisch

[psyˈçi̯aːtʁɪʃ]

/[psyˈçi̯aːtʁɪʃ]/ adj

The verdict

“psychiatrisch” is an uncommon German word, ranked #92,097 in German word frequency and used as an adjective.

#92,097
frequency rank, German
13
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - die Psychiatrie betreffend, zu ihr gehörig, von ihr aus gehend, durch sie erfolgend

Key facts for psychiatrisch
PropertyValue
Headwordpsychiatrisch
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[psyˈçi̯aːtʁɪʃ]
Letters13
Frequency rank#92,097
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “psychiatrisch” sits in German frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). psychiatrisch lands here:

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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for psychiatrisch is 13 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [psyˈçi̯aːtʁɪʃ]. Corpus data places it at rank #92,097 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "die Psychiatrie betreffend, zu ihr gehörig, von ihr aus gehend, durch sie erfolgend".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for psychiatrisch, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is psychiatrisch, spelled P-S-Y-C-H-I-A-T-R-I-S-C-H.

Definition

  1. 1
    die Psychiatrie betreffend, zu ihr gehörig, von ihr aus gehend, durch sie erfolgend

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 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "psychiatrisch"?
"psychiatrisch" is spelled P-S-Y-C-H-I-A-T-R-I-S-C-H. The IPA pronunciation is [psyˈçi̯aːtʁɪʃ].
What does "psychiatrisch" mean?
As an adjective, "psychiatrisch" means: die Psychiatrie betreffend, zu ihr gehörig, von ihr aus gehend, durch sie erfolgend
How do you pronounce "psychiatrisch"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "psychiatrisch" is [psyˈçi̯aːtʁɪʃ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "psychiatrisch" come from?
"psychiatrisch" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Using “psychiatrisch”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct German spelling is P-S-Y-C-H-I-A-T-R-I-S-C-H - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [psyˈçi̯aːtʁɪʃ] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list