Psychologe
[psyçoˈloːɡə]
The verdict
“Psychologe” has 16 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #15,977. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #15,977
- frequency rank, German
- 3,409
- “P” headwords
- 16
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - jemand, der ein Studium der Psychologie, der Wissenschaft vom Erleben und Verhalten des Menschen, erfolgreich abgeschlossen hat
Corpus desk
Index DE-psychologe · Psychologe · German
Psychologe · rank #15,977 · 16 variants · 4 confusables
- FREQ-MID #15,977
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 16 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,409
- PHOTO-FINISH prügeln
Nearest frequency peer: prügeln (-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 „Psychologe“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- prägt
prägt
84,027 corpus weight
- Prägung
Prägung
84,026 corpus weight
- prügeln
prügeln
84,025 corpus weight
- Psychologe
Psychologe
84,024 corpus weight
- redete
redete
84,023 corpus weight
- Relegation
Relegation
84,022 corpus weight
What this shows „Psychologe“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Psychologe |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [psyçoˈloːɡə] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #15,977 |
| Misspellings tracked | 16 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Psychologe“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 16 spelling variants around Psychologe (IPA [psyçoˈloːɡə]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #15,977 among 3,409 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "jemand, der ein Studium der Psychologie, der Wissenschaft vom Erleben und Verhalten des Menschen, erfolgreich abgeschlossen hat".
Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for Psychologe, with forms such as "ppsychologe", "pscyhologe", and "pssychologe". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "psychology", "Psychologie", "Psychologen", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Psychologe, spelled P-S-Y-C-H-O-L-O-G-E.
Definition
- 1jemand, der ein Studium der Psychologie, der Wissenschaft vom Erleben und Verhalten des Menschen, erfolgreich abgeschlossen hat
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Psychologe appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Wiegt das Interesse an der Geheimhaltung bestimmter Tatsachen weniger als der Schutz von Leben, Gesundheit etc., darf der Psychologe die Verschwiegenheitspflicht brechen.“
„Um dem abzuhelfen, machten sich Soziologen, Analytiker, Gynäkologen, Psychologen und diverse Sachbuchautoren an die Arbeit.“
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ppsychologe
- pscyhologe
- pssychologe
- psycchologe
- psychhologe
- psychlooge
- psycholgoe
- psycholloge
- psycholoeg
- psychologge
- psychoolge
- psycohloge
- psyhcologe
- psyychologe
- pyschologe
- spychologe
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Psychologe - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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.
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Same letter count
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Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (16 here; floor ≥5).