psychiatrist

/ˌsaɪˈkaɪ.ə.tɹɪst/

//ˌsaɪˈkaɪ.ə.tɹɪst// noun

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"psychiatrist" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“psychiatrist” has 20 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #11,273. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#11,273
frequency rank, English
4,417
“P” headwords
20
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A medical doctor specializing in psychiatry.

Corpus desk

Index EN-psychiatrist · psychiatrist · English

psychiatrist · rank #11,273 · 20 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #11,273
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 20 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,417
  • PHOTO-FINISH premature

Nearest frequency peer: premature (-1 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.

Rank peers near misspelling magnet “psychiatrist”

Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword

corpus weight

What this shows “psychiatrist” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

psychiatrist vs psychiatric
83% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for psychiatrist
PropertyValue
Headwordpsychiatrist
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˌsaɪˈkaɪ.ə.tɹɪst/
Letters12
Frequency rank#11,273
Misspellings tracked20
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “psychiatrist”

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right).psychiatristlands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Same rarity band neighbours include “premature” (#11,272), “quad” (#11,274), “prank” (#11,271). Among 4,417 “P” headwords, “psychiatrist” is #11,273. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 20 spelling variants around psychiatrist (IPA /ˌsaɪˈkaɪ.ə.tɹɪst/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #11,273 among 4,417 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "A medical doctor specializing in psychiatry.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 20 likely wrong-spelling variants for psychiatrist, with forms such as "ppsychiatrist", "pscyhiatrist", and "pssychiatrist". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "psychiatric", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Etymologically, the entry records: From psychiatry + -ist. The correct English form is psychiatrist, spelled P-S-Y-C-H-I-A-T-R-I-S-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    A medical doctor specializing in psychiatry.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Says Colonel Thomas Murray, chief Army psychiatrist in South Viet Nam: “Some of our psychiatrists are the most improbable military guys: soft, flabby, unexercised.”
  2. Even medical schools seem to have submitted to psychophobia by training psychiatrists almost exclusively as psychopharmacologists instead of as psychotherapists.

Etymology

From psychiatry + -ist.

This word in other languages

psiquiatra(Español)psychiatre(Français)Psychiater(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ppsychiatrist
  • pscyhiatrist
  • pssychiatrist
  • psycchiatrist
  • psychaitrist
  • psychhiatrist
  • psychiartist
  • psychiatirst
  • psychiatrisst
  • psychiatristt
  • psychiatrits
  • psychiatrrist
  • psychiatrsit
  • psychiattrist
  • psychitarist
  • psycihatrist
  • psyhciatrist
  • psyychiatrist
  • pyschiatrist
  • spychiatrist

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of psychiatrist - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

ppsychiatrist1pscyhiatrist2pssychiatrist1psycchiatrist1psychaitrist2psychhiatrist1psychiartist2psychiatirst2
Edit distance from "psychiatrist"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "psychiatrist"?
"psychiatrist" is spelled P-S-Y-C-H-I-A-T-R-I-S-T. The IPA pronunciation is /ˌsaɪˈkaɪ.ə.tɹɪst/.
What does "psychiatrist" mean?
As a noun, "psychiatrist" means: A medical doctor specializing in psychiatry.
What words are commonly confused with "psychiatrist"?
"psychiatrist" is commonly confused with "psychiatric". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "psychiatrist"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "psychiatrist" is /ˌsaɪˈkaɪ.ə.tɹɪst/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What is the origin of the word "psychiatrist"?
From psychiatry + -ist. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (20 here; floor ≥5).

vulnerability20 variantsfunctionality20 variantscontamination20 variantsinconvenience20 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list