psychodrama

noun

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"psychodrama" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“psychodrama” is uncommon English (frequency #87,716 among 4,417 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#87,716
frequency rank, English
4,417
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A form of psychotherapy in which a patient acts a role in a context devised by a psychotherapist.

Corpus desk

Index EN-psychodrama · psychodrama · English

psychodrama · rank #87,716 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #87,716
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,417
  • PHOTO-FINISH proprioception

Nearest frequency peer: proprioception (-1 rank slots)

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Long-tail ranks near “psychodrama”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for psychodrama
PropertyValue
Headwordpsychodrama
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters11
Frequency rank#87,716
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “psychodrama” 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).psychodramafalls in this rarity band:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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The axis is logarithmic, with each marked tick roughly ten times rarer than the last. Rare peers in the same band: “proprioception” (#87,715), “psyop” (#87,717), “pronominal” (#87,714). Among 4,417 “P” headwords, “psychodrama” is #87,716. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

psychodrama is uncommon English at frequency #87,716 among 4,417 “P” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

psychodrama doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

Etymologically, the entry records: From psycho- + drama. The correct English form is psychodrama, spelled P-S-Y-C-H-O-D-R-A-M-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    A form of psychotherapy in which a patient acts a role in a context devised by a psychotherapist.
  2. 2
    A drama in this form
  3. 3
    A dramatic work focusing on the psychology of its characters

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. […] to be as often as possible present in the fifty-some psychodramas that fill the television screen each year.

Etymology

From psycho- + drama.

This word in other languages

psychodrame(Français)

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 "psychodrama"?
"psychodrama" is spelled P-S-Y-C-H-O-D-R-A-M-A.
What does "psychodrama" mean?
As a noun, "psychodrama" means: A form of psychotherapy in which a patient acts a role in a context devised by a psychotherapist.
What is the origin of the word "psychodrama"?
From psycho- + drama. 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 "psychodrama", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list