psychiatrisch

[psyˈçi̯aːtʁɪʃ]

/[psyˈçi̯aːtʁɪʃ]/ adj

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The verdict

“psychiatrisch” is uncommon German (frequency #92,097 among 3,409 “P” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#92,097
frequency rank, German
3,409
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - die Psychiatrie betreffend, zu ihr gehörig, von ihr aus gehend, durch sie erfolgend

Corpus desk

Index DE-psychiatrisch · psychiatrisch · German

psychiatrisch · rank #92,097 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #92,097
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,409
  • PHOTO-FINISH Psychiatern

Nearest frequency peer: Psychiatern (-1 rank slots)

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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „psychiatrisch“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „psychiatrisch“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for psychiatrisch
PropertyValue
Headwordpsychiatrisch
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[psyˈçi̯aːtʁɪʃ]
Letters13
Frequency rank#92,097
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „psychiatrisch“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).psychiatrischfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Psychiatern“ (#92,096), „Psychopathologie“ (#92,098), „Puzzleteile“ (#92,100). Unter 3,409 „P“-Lemmata liegt „psychiatrisch“ bei #92,097. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

psychiatrisch is uncommon German at frequency #92,097 among 3,409 “P” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [psyˈçi̯aːtʁɪʃ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "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

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how psychiatrisch appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Mit 14 Jahren wurde er wegen Suizidgedanken in eine psychiatrische Klinik eingewiesen.
  2. „Morphin wurde bald als Schlafmittel verwendet, von den 1870er Jahren an auch als Sedativum bei erregten Kranken in psychiatrischen Anstalten.“

This word in other languages

psychiatric(English)psiquiátrico(Español)psychiatrique(Français)psiquiátrico(Português)

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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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "psychiatrisch", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list