psychoanalyst

noun

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"psychoanalyst" is a 13-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“psychoanalyst” is uncommon English (frequency #51,331 among 4,417 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#51,331
frequency rank, English
4,417
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A practitioner of psychoanalysis.

Corpus desk

Index EN-psychoanalyst · psychoanalyst · English

psychoanalyst · rank #51,331 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #51,331
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,417
  • PHOTO-FINISH prosciutto

Nearest frequency peer: prosciutto (-1 rank slots)

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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.

Long-tail ranks near “psychoanalyst”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “psychoanalyst” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for psychoanalyst
PropertyValue
Headwordpsychoanalyst
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters13
Frequency rank#51,331
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “psychoanalyst” in English

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

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Ticks step logarithmically, so each one marks a roughly tenfold drop in how often the word turns up. Rare peers in the same band: “prosciutto” (#51,330), “pucks” (#51,332), “purer” (#51,333). Among 4,417 “P” headwords, “psychoanalyst” is #51,331. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

psychoanalyst is uncommon English at frequency #51,331 among 4,417 “P” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A practitioner of psychoanalysis.".

No misspelling variants are generated for psychoanalyst in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

Etymologically, the entry records: From psycho- + analyst. The correct English form is psychoanalyst, spelled P-S-Y-C-H-O-A-N-A-L-Y-S-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    A practitioner of psychoanalysis.

Etymology

From psycho- + analyst.

This word in other languages

psicoanalista(Español)psychanalyste(Français)Psychoanalytiker(Deutsch)

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 "psychoanalyst"?
"psychoanalyst" is spelled P-S-Y-C-H-O-A-N-A-L-Y-S-T.
What does "psychoanalyst" mean?
As a noun, "psychoanalyst" means: A practitioner of psychoanalysis.
What is the origin of the word "psychoanalyst"?
From psycho- + analyst. 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 "psychoanalyst", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

powerlessness#51,323semiautomatic#51,382streptococcus#51,424Thessalonians#51,445

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list