Psychothriller

[ˈpsyːçoˌθʁɪlɐ]

/[ˈpsyːçoˌθʁɪlɐ]/ noun

The verdict

“Psychothriller” is uncommon German (frequency #68,586 among 3,409 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#68,586
frequency rank, German
3,409
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Buch, Film oder Theaterstück, das sich durch besondere Spannung und Nervenkitzel auf psychologischer Ebene auszeichnet

Corpus desk

Index DE-psychothriller · Psychothriller · German

Psychothriller · rank #68,586 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #68,586
  • LEN-MEGA 14 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,409
  • PHOTO-FINISH prüften

Nearest frequency peer: prüften (-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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Psychothriller“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Psychothriller“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Psychothriller
PropertyValue
HeadwordPsychothriller
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈpsyːçoˌθʁɪlɐ]
Letters14
Frequency rank#68,586
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Psychothriller“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Psychothrillerfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „prüften“ (#68,585), „Projektoren“ (#68,584), „Profits“ (#68,583). Unter 3,409 „P“-Lemmata liegt „Psychothriller“ bei #68,586. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Psychothriller is uncommon German at frequency #68,586 among 3,409 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈpsyːçoˌθʁɪlɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Buch, Film oder Theaterstück, das sich durch besondere Spannung und Nervenkitzel auf psychologischer Ebene auszeichnet".

Psychothriller doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

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 Psychothriller, spelled P-S-Y-C-H-O-T-H-R-I-L-L-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Buch, Film oder Theaterstück, das sich durch besondere Spannung und Nervenkitzel auf psychologischer Ebene auszeichnet

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Der Psychothriller kam beim Publikum wegen der Hintergrundgeschichte gut an.

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 "Psychothriller"?
"Psychothriller" is spelled P-S-Y-C-H-O-T-H-R-I-L-L-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈpsyːçoˌθʁɪlɐ].
What does "Psychothriller" mean?
As a noun, "Psychothriller" means: Buch, Film oder Theaterstück, das sich durch besondere Spannung und Nervenkitzel auf psychologischer Ebene auszeichnet
How do you pronounce "Psychothriller"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Psychothriller" is [ˈpsyːçoˌθʁɪlɐ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Psychothriller" come from?
"Psychothriller" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Psychothriller", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list