psh
"psh" is a 3-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“psh” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #47,850) as an interjection. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #47,850
- frequency rank, English
- 4,417
- “P” headwords
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Synonym of pshaw.
Corpus desk
Index EN-psh · psh · English
psh · rank #47,850 · 0 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #47,850
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-0 0 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,417
- PHOTO-FINISH prophylaxis
Nearest frequency peer: prophylaxis (-2 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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 neighbours of confusable “psh”
Peers at similar corpus weight, separate from look-alike pairs below
- proofread
proofread
52,155 corpus weight
- prophylactic
prophylactic
52,154 corpus weight
- prophylaxis
prophylaxis
52,153 corpus weight
- psh
psh
52,151 corpus weight
- pullout
pullout
52,149 corpus weight
- puppeteer
puppeteer
52,148 corpus weight
What this shows Bars place “psh” against nearest ranked English headwords, not a reprint of the confusable-pair desk.
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 | psh |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Interjection |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #47,850 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Corpus rank beside confusables of “psh”
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for psh is neighbouring look-alikes ("pt", "PU", …), not just typos; it is aninterjection. Frequency #47,850 among 4,417 “P” headwords. Gloss: "Synonym of pshaw.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for psh in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "pt", "PU", "PV", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct English form is psh, spelled P-S-H.
Definition
- 1Synonym of pshaw.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how psh appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
If he kicks me out, so be it. I’m happy. Come on, though, if Barefoot Contessa kicked me out — psh! I mean, I love her, but come on.
I’m pretty sure the professor disagrees too. I mean, psh, I can see that she’s nodding and smiling at you, but she and I have a more subtle understanding.
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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "psh", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).