psychologically
"psychologically" is a 15-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“psychologically” has 23 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #18,403. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #18,403
- frequency rank, English
- 4,417
- “P” headwords
- 23
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - In a psychological sense.
Corpus desk
Index EN-psychologically · psychologically · English
psychologically · rank #18,403 · 23 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #18,403
- LEN-MEGA 15 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 23 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,417
- PHOTO-FINISH Prussia
Nearest frequency peer: Prussia (-1 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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “psychologically”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- ponder
ponder
81,602 corpus weight
- prowess
prowess
81,600 corpus weight
- Prussia
Prussia
81,599 corpus weight
- psychologic…
psychologically
81,598 corpus weight
- Pulitzer
Pulitzer
81,597 corpus weight
- ramen
ramen
81,595 corpus weight
What this shows “psychologically” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | psychologically |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| Letters | 15 |
| Frequency rank | #18,403 |
| Misspellings tracked | 23 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “psychologically”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 23 spelling variants around psychologically, anadverb. Corpus frequency is #18,403 among 4,417 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 23 likely wrong-spelling variants for psychologically, with forms such as "ppsychologically", "pscyhologically", and "pssychologically". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "psychological", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Etymologically, the entry records: From psychological + -ly. The correct English form is psychologically, spelled P-S-Y-C-H-O-L-O-G-I-C-A-L-L-Y.
Definition
- 1In a psychological sense.
- 2Employing psychology.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how psychologically appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The new novel is a psychologically complex thriller.
In good times and bad, in sickness and health, the benefits of friendships between women are physically and psychologically undeniable.
Etymology
From psychological + -ly.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ppsychologically
- pscyhologically
- pssychologically
- psycchologically
- psychhologically
- psychloogically
- psycholgoically
- psychollogically
- psychologcially
- psychologgically
- psychologiaclly
- psychologicallyy
- psychologicaly
- psychologicalyl
- psychologiccally
- psychologiclaly
- psycholoigcally
- psychoolgically
- psycohlogically
- psyhcologically
- psyychologically
- pyschologically
- spychologically
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of psychologically - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "psychologically", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 15 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (23 here; floor ≥5).