Psychotherapie

[ˌpsyçoteʁaˈpiː]

/[ˌpsyçoteʁaˈpiː]/ noun

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The verdict

“Psychotherapie” has 22 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #11,505. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#11,505
frequency rank, German
3,409
“P” headwords
22
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Medizin/Psychologie : Verfahren, um Störungen im psychischen Bereich, in sozialen Beziehungen, im Verhalten sowie auch in bestimmten Körperfunktionen zu heilen bzw. zu lindern

Corpus desk

Index DE-psychotherapie · Psychotherapie · German

Psychotherapie · rank #11,505 · 22 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #11,505
  • LEN-MEGA 14 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 22 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,409
  • PHOTO-FINISH Produktivität

Nearest frequency peer: Produktivität (-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 „Psychotherapie“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Psychotherapie
PropertyValue
HeadwordPsychotherapie
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˌpsyçoteʁaˈpiː]
Letters14
Frequency rank#11,505
Misspellings tracked22
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Psychotherapie“

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).Psychotherapieliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „Produktivität“ (#11,504), „Puppen“ (#11,506), „Praktiken“ (#11,503). Unter 3,409 „P“-Lemmata liegt „Psychotherapie“ bei #11,505. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 22 spelling variants around Psychotherapie (IPA [ˌpsyçoteʁaˈpiː]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #11,505 among 3,409 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 22 likely wrong-spelling variants for Psychotherapie, with forms such as "ppsychotherapie", "pscyhotherapie", and "pssychotherapie". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Psychotherapie, spelled P-S-Y-C-H-O-T-H-E-R-A-P-I-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Medizin/Psychologie : Verfahren, um Störungen im psychischen Bereich, in sozialen Beziehungen, im Verhalten sowie auch in bestimmten Körperfunktionen zu heilen bzw. zu lindern
  2. 2
    Therapie bzw. Behandlung mit Mitteln und Methoden des Verfahrens von [1]

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Psychotherapie appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „Sprache wurde zum zentralen Behandlungswerkzeug der Psychotherapie und der Psychosomatik.“
  2. Er geht zur Psychotherapie.

This word in other languages

psychotherapy(English)psicoterapia(Español)psychothérapie(Français)psicoterapia(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ppsychotherapie
  • pscyhotherapie
  • pssychotherapie
  • psycchotherapie
  • psychhotherapie
  • psychohterapie
  • psychotehrapie
  • psychothearpie
  • psychotheraipe
  • psychotherapei
  • psychotherappie
  • psychotherpaie
  • psychotherrapie
  • psychothherapie
  • psychothreapie
  • psychottherapie
  • psychtoherapie
  • psycohtherapie
  • psyhcotherapie
  • psyychotherapie
  • pyschotherapie
  • spychotherapie

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Psychotherapie - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

ppsychotherapie1pscyhotherapie2pssychotherapie1psycchotherapie1psychhotherapie1psychohterapie2psychotehrapie2psychothearpie2
Edit distance from "Psychotherapie"

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 "Psychotherapie"?
"Psychotherapie" is spelled P-S-Y-C-H-O-T-H-E-R-A-P-I-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˌpsyçoteʁaˈpiː].
What does "Psychotherapie" mean?
As a noun, "Psychotherapie" means: Medizin/Psychologie : Verfahren, um Störungen im psychischen Bereich, in sozialen Beziehungen, im Verhalten sowie auch in bestimmten Körperfunktionen zu heilen bzw. zu lindern
What are common misspellings of "Psychotherapie"?
Common misspellings include "ppsychotherapie", "pscyhotherapie", "pssychotherapie", "psycchotherapie", "psychhotherapie". The correct spelling is "Psychotherapie".
How do you pronounce "Psychotherapie"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Psychotherapie" is [ˌpsyçoteʁaˈpiː]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Psychotherapie" come from?
"Psychotherapie" 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 "Psychotherapie", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 14 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

philosophische#11,499Justizminister#11,460Vereinbarungen#11,556vernachlässigt#11,558

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (22 here; floor ≥5).

sicherzustellen22 variantstschechischen22 variantsInnenministerium22 variantsGenossenschaft22 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list