psychodrama

noun

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

The verdict

“psychodrama” is an uncommon English word, ranked #87,716 in English word frequency and used as a noun.

#87,716
frequency rank, English
11
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A form of psychotherapy in which a patient acts a role in a context devised by a psychotherapist.

Key facts for psychodrama
PropertyValue
Headwordpsychodrama
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters11
Frequency rank#87,716
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “psychodrama” 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). psychodrama lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The English entry for psychodrama is 11 letters long, classified as a noun. Corpus data places it at rank #87,716 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

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

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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Using “psychodrama”

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

  • The one correct English spelling is P-S-Y-C-H-O-D-R-A-M-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
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