# psychoanalysis

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #26,213

## Definitions
1. A family of theories and methods within the field of psychotherapy that work to find connections among patients' unconscious mental processes.

## Etymology
From international scientific vocabulary, after German Psychoanalyse. By surface analysis, psycho- + analysis.

## Easily confused with
- **psychoanalytic** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/psychoanalysis-vs-psychoanalytic)

## Common misspellings (23)
`ppsychoanalysis`, `pscyhoanalysis`, `pssychoanalysis`, `psycchoanalysis`, `psychaonalysis`, `psychhoanalysis`, `psychoaanlysis`, `psychoanallysis`, `psychoanalsyis`, `psychoanalyiss`, `psychoanalysiss`, `psychoanalyssi`, `psychoanalyssis`, `psychoanalyysis`, `psychoanaylsis`, `psychoanlaysis`, `psychoannalysis`, `psychonaalysis`, `psycohanalysis`, `psyhcoanalysis`, `psyychoanalysis`, `pyschoanalysis`, `spychoanalysis`

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