Psychotherapeut
[ˌpsyçoteʁaˈpɔɪ̯t]
The verdict
“Psychotherapeut” has 24 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #36,566. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #36,566
- frequency rank, German
- 49,534
- “P” headwords
- 24
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Arzt, Psychologe oder Pädagoge, der die Psychotherapie anwendet
Corpus desk
Index DE-psychotherapeut · Psychotherapeut · German
Psychotherapeut · rank #36,566 · 24 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #36,566
- LEN-MEGA 15 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 24 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 49,534
- PHOTO-FINISH pumpt
Nearest frequency peer: pumpt (+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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Psychotherapeut”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- prägnant
prägnant
63,438 corpus weight
- Präsidentsc…
Präsidentschaftskandidat
63,437 corpus weight
- Psychothera…
Psychotherapeut
63,435 corpus weight
- pumpt
pumpt
63,434 corpus weight
- pädagogisch…
pädagogischer
63,433 corpus weight
- Pünktchen
Pünktchen
63,432 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Psychotherapeut” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | Psychotherapeut |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˌpsyçoteʁaˈpɔɪ̯t] |
| Letters | 15 |
| Frequency rank | #36,566 |
| Misspellings tracked | 24 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Psychotherapeut” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 24 spelling variants around Psychotherapeut (IPA [ˌpsyçoteʁaˈpɔɪ̯t]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #36,566 among 49,534 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Arzt, Psychologe oder Pädagoge, der die Psychotherapie anwendet".
Our generated misspelling index lists 24 likely wrong-spelling variants for Psychotherapeut, with forms such as "ppsychotherapeut", "pscyhotherapeut", and "pssychotherapeut". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "Psychotherapeuten", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Our source data has no etymology on file 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 Psychotherapeut, spelled P-S-Y-C-H-O-T-H-E-R-A-P-E-U-T.
Definition
- 1Arzt, Psychologe oder Pädagoge, der die Psychotherapie anwendet
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Psychotherapeut appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ihm hat ein Psychotherapeut geholfen.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ppsychotherapeut
- pscyhotherapeut
- pssychotherapeut
- psycchotherapeut
- psychhotherapeut
- psychohterapeut
- psychotehrapeut
- psychothearpeut
- psychotheraeput
- psychotherapetu
- psychotherapeutt
- psychotherappeut
- psychotherapuet
- psychotherpaeut
- psychotherrapeut
- psychothherapeut
- psychothreapeut
- psychottherapeut
- psychtoherapeut
- psycohtherapeut
- psyhcotherapeut
- psyychotherapeut
- pyschotherapeut
- spychotherapeut
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Psychotherapeut - 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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Psychotherapeut", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 15 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (24 here; floor ≥5).
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.