# psych

> English word · Noun · IPA /saɪk/ · frequency rank #15,484

## Definitions
1. Psychology or psychiatry.
2. A psychologist; a psychiatrist.
3. A psychiatric hospital; psychiatric treatment.

## Etymology
Clipping.

## Easily confused with
- **punch** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/psych-vs-punch)
- **psycho** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/psych-vs-psycho)
- **psyche** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/psych-vs-psyche)
- **psychic** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/psych-vs-psychic)
- **psyched** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/psych-vs-psyched)
- **PSC** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/psc-vs-psych)
- **psh** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/psh-vs-psych)
- **pitch** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pitch-vs-psych)
- **patch** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/patch-vs-psych)
- **porch** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/porch-vs-psych)
- **peach** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/peach-vs-psych)
- **pinch** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pinch-vs-psych)
- **pouch** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pouch-vs-psych)
- **perch** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/perch-vs-psych)
- **pooch** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pooch-vs-psych)
- **poach** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/poach-vs-psych)

## Common misspellings (9)
`ppsych`, `pscyh`, `pssych`, `psycch`, `psychh`, `psyhc`, `psyych`, `pysch`, `spych`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/psych