psychogenic
/ˌsaɪkɒˈd͡ʒɛnɪk/
"psychogenic" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“psychogenic” is uncommon English (frequency #84,634 among 4,417 “P” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #84,634
- frequency rank, English
- 4,417
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Originating from or caused by state of mind; having a psychological rather than a physiological cause.
Corpus desk
Index EN-psychogenic · psychogenic · English
psychogenic · rank #84,634 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #84,634
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,417
- PHOTO-FINISH protozoan
Nearest frequency peer: protozoan (-3 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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 “psychogenic”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- prescience
prescience
15,372 corpus weight
- preternatur…
preternatural
15,371 corpus weight
- protozoan
protozoan
15,370 corpus weight
- psychogenic
psychogenic
15,367 corpus weight
- purpura
purpura
15,364 corpus weight
- Pushpa
Pushpa
15,363 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “psychogenic” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | psychogenic |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˌsaɪkɒˈd͡ʒɛnɪk/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #84,634 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “psychogenic” in English
Rare enough to double-check
psychogenic is uncommon English at frequency #84,634 among 4,417 “P” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˌsaɪkɒˈd͡ʒɛnɪk/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Originating from or caused by state of mind; having a psychological rather than a physiological cause.".
Zero misspellings are on record for psychogenic in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From psycho- + -genic. The correct English form is psychogenic, spelled P-S-Y-C-H-O-G-E-N-I-C.
Definition
- 1Originating from or caused by state of mind; having a psychological rather than a physiological cause.
Etymology
From psycho- + -genic.
This word in other languages
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.
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