Psychologie

/[psyçoloˈɡiː]/ noun

Letters

11 characters

Frequency Rank

#4,381

in German word usage

Misspellings

17

tracked variants

Confusables

4

similar word pairs

Psychologie is aGermannoun. It means: Wissenschaft von den bewussten und unbewussten psychischen Prozessen, vom Erleben und Verhalten des Menschen in Abhängigkeit von der Umwelt Pronounced [psyçoloˈɡiː]. It ranks #4,381 in German word frequency. Often confused with psychology and Psychologin.

Key facts for Psychologie
PropertyValue
HeadwordPsychologie
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[psyçoloˈɡiː]
Letters11
Frequency rank#4,381
Misspellings tracked17
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Psychologie in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Psychologie is 11 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [psyçoloˈɡiː]. Corpus data places it at rank #4,381 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 17 documented wrong-spelling variants for Psychologie, with forms such as "ppsychologie", "pscyhologie", and "pssychologie". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "psychology", "Psychologin", "Psychologe", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Psychologie, spelled P-S-Y-C-H-O-L-O-G-I-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Wissenschaft von den bewussten und unbewussten psychischen Prozessen, vom Erleben und Verhalten des Menschen in Abhängigkeit von der Umwelt
  2. 2
    die Psyche eines Menschen; das innere, insbesondere geistige Reagieren
  3. 3
    das Eingehen auf die menschliche Psyche, psychologisches Verständnis

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ppsychologie,pscyhologie,pssychologie,psycchologie,psychhologie,psychloogie,psycholgoie,psychollogie,psychologei,psychologgie,psycholoige,psychoolgie,psycohlogie,psyhcologie,psyychologie,pyschologie,spychologie

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Psychologie

Misspelling Variants of "Psychologie"

ppsychologie12pscyhologie11pssychologie12psycchologie12psychhologie12psychloogie11psycholgoie11psychollogie12
Misspelling Variants of "Psychologie"

Frequency rank: #4,381 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Psychologie"?
"Psychologie" is spelled P-S-Y-C-H-O-L-O-G-I-E. The IPA pronunciation is [psyçoloˈɡiː].
What does "Psychologie" mean?
As a noun, "Psychologie" means: Wissenschaft von den bewussten und unbewussten psychischen Prozessen, vom Erleben und Verhalten des Menschen in Abhängigkeit von der Umwelt
What words are commonly confused with "Psychologie"?
"Psychologie" is commonly confused with "psychology", "Psychologin", "Psychologe". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Psychologie"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Psychologie" is [psyçoloˈɡiː]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Psychologie" come from?
"Psychologie" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.