psycho
/ˈsaɪ̯.kəʊ̯/
"psycho" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“psycho” has 10 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #10,596. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #10,596
- frequency rank, English
- 4,417
- “P” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Psychotic, psychopathic, or (broadly) otherwise insane.
Corpus desk
Index EN-psycho · psycho · English
psycho · rank #10,596 · 10 variants · 5 confusables
- FREQ-MID #10,596
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,417
- PHOTO-FINISH rainy
Nearest frequency peer: rainy (+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 “psycho”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- policeman
policeman
89,410 corpus weight
- potent
potent
89,408 corpus weight
- preceding
preceding
89,407 corpus weight
- psycho
psycho
89,405 corpus weight
- rainy
rainy
89,404 corpus weight
- rams
rams
89,403 corpus weight
What this shows “psycho” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
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 | psycho |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈsaɪ̯.kəʊ̯/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #10,596 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “psycho”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around psycho (IPA /ˈsaɪ̯.kəʊ̯/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #10,596 among 4,417 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Psychotic, psychopathic, or (broadly) otherwise insane.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for psycho, with forms such as "ppsycho", "pscyho", and "pssycho". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "psych", "psyche", "poncho", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: Clipping of psychotic or psychopath + -o (“person with characteristic”). Compare sicko. The correct English form is psycho, spelled P-S-Y-C-H-O.
Definition
- 1Psychotic, psychopathic, or (broadly) otherwise insane.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how psycho appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
That psycho jawn had snuck a pistol into the gym while we was practicing and started shooting shit up like she was some kinda hot female action hero.
Oh, she's sweet but a psycho / A little bit psycho / At night she's screamin' / "I'm-ma-ma-ma out my mind"
Etymology
Clipping of psychotic or psychopath + -o (“person with characteristic”). Compare sicko.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ppsycho
- pscyho
- pssycho
- psyccho
- psychho
- psycoh
- psyhco
- psyycho
- pyscho
- spycho
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of psycho - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 "psycho", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).