psychische

[ˈpsyːçɪʃə]

/[ˈpsyːçɪʃə]/ adj

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The verdict

“psychische” has 17 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #6,711. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#6,711
frequency rank, German
3,409
“P” headwords
17
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs psychisch

Corpus desk

Index DE-psychische · psychische · German

psychische · rank #6,711 · 17 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #6,711
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 17 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,409
  • PHOTO-FINISH Prognose

Nearest frequency peer: Prognose (-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.

Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „psychische“

Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft

corpus weight

What this shows „psychische“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

psychische vs psychischen
91% similar
psychische vs psychischer
91% similar
psychische vs psychisch
90% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for psychische
PropertyValue
Headwordpsychische
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈpsyːçɪʃə]
Letters10
Frequency rank#6,711
Misspellings tracked17
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „psychische“

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).psychischeliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „Prognose“ (#6,710), „qualifiziert“ (#6,712), „professionell“ (#6,709). Unter 3,409 „P“-Lemmata liegt „psychische“ bei #6,711. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 17 spelling variants around psychische (IPA [ˈpsyːçɪʃə]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #6,711 among 3,409 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 9 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for psychische, with forms such as "ppsychische", "pscyhische", and "pssychische". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "psychischen", "psychischer", "psychisch", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is psychische, spelled P-S-Y-C-H-I-S-C-H-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs psychisch
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs psychisch
  3. 3
    Nominativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs psychisch
  4. 4
    Akkusativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs psychisch
  5. 5
    Nominativ Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs psychisch
  6. 6
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs psychisch
  7. 7
    Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs psychisch
  8. 8
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs psychisch
  9. 9
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs psychisch

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ppsychische
  • pscyhische
  • pssychische
  • psycchische
  • psychhische
  • psychicshe
  • psychiscche
  • psychisceh
  • psychischhe
  • psychishce
  • psychissche
  • psychsiche
  • psycihsche
  • psyhcische
  • psyychische
  • pyschische
  • spychische

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of psychische - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

ppsychische1pscyhische2pssychische1psycchische1psychhische1psychicshe2psychiscche1psychisceh2
Edit distance from "psychische"

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 "psychische"?
"psychische" is spelled P-S-Y-C-H-I-S-C-H-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈpsyːçɪʃə].
What does "psychische" mean?
As an adjective, "psychische" means: Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs psychisch
What words are commonly confused with "psychische"?
"psychische" is commonly confused with "psychischen", "psychischer", "psychisch". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "psychische"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "psychische" is [ˈpsyːçɪʃə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "psychische" come from?
"psychische" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Prinzipien#6,708Passagiere#6,702Lebensjahr#6,691Tschechien#6,733

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (17 here; floor ≥5).

qualifiziert17 variantsprofessionell17 variantsRichtlinien17 variantsSchwachsinn17 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list