Psychose
[psyˈçoːzə]
The verdict
“Psychose” is a moderately-common German word, ranked #28,338 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #28,338
- frequency rank, German
- 8
- letters
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - psychische Störung, die gekennzeichnet ist durch den Verlust des Realitätsbezuges. Die Erkrankten empfinden die Umwelt statt sich selbst als verändert.
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 | Psychose |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [psyˈçoːzə] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #28,338 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Psychose” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Psychose is 8 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [psyˈçoːzə]. Corpus data places it at rank #28,338 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "psychische Störung, die gekennzeichnet ist durch den Verlust des Realitätsbezuges. Die Erkrankten empfinden die Umwelt statt sich selbst als verändert.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for Psychose, with forms such as "ppsychose", "pscyhose", and "pssychose". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "Psychosen", "Psyche", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Psychose, spelled P-S-Y-C-H-O-S-E.
Definition
- 1psychische Störung, die gekennzeichnet ist durch den Verlust des Realitätsbezuges. Die Erkrankten empfinden die Umwelt statt sich selbst als verändert.
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Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ppsychose,pscyhose,pssychose,psycchose,psychhose,psychoes,psychosse,psychsoe,psycohse,psyhcose,psyychose,pyschose,spychose
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Psychose - 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.
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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Using “Psychose”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is P-S-Y-C-H-O-S-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [psyˈçoːzə] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Psychosen” - see the side-by-side comparison. Psychose vs Psychosen
- 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.