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 46,516 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#51,331
frequency rank, English
46,516
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A practitioner of psychoanalysis.

Key facts for psychoanalyst
PropertyValue
Headwordpsychoanalyst
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters13
Frequency rank#51,331
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “psychoanalyst” sits in English frequency

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

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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

psychoanalyst is uncommon English at frequency #51,331 among 46,516 “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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Using “psychoanalyst”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct English spelling is P-S-Y-C-H-O-A-N-A-L-Y-S-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Other uncommon English words near this rank

Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list