psychologist

/ˌsaɪˈkɑl.ə.d͡ʒɪst/

//ˌsaɪˈkɑl.ə.d͡ʒɪst// noun

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"psychologist" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“psychologist” has 20 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #9,654. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#9,654
frequency rank, English
4,417
“P” headwords
20
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - An expert in the field of psychology.

Corpus desk

Index EN-psychologist · psychologist · English

psychologist · rank #9,654 · 20 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #9,654
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 20 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,417
  • PHOTO-FINISH psychic

Nearest frequency peer: psychic (-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 “psychologist”

Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword

corpus weight

What this shows “psychologist” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for psychologist
PropertyValue
Headwordpsychologist
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˌsaɪˈkɑl.ə.d͡ʒɪst/
Letters12
Frequency rank#9,654
Misspellings tracked20
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “psychologist”

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).psychologistlands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Ticks step logarithmically, so each one marks a roughly tenfold drop in how often the word turns up. Same rarity band neighbours include “psychic” (#9,653), “puppet” (#9,655), “Providence” (#9,652). Among 4,417 “P” headwords, “psychologist” is #9,654. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 20 spelling variants around psychologist (IPA /ˌsaɪˈkɑl.ə.d͡ʒɪst/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #9,654 among 4,417 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "An expert in the field of psychology.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 20 likely wrong-spelling variants for psychologist, with forms such as "ppsychologist", "pscyhologist", and "pssychologist". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

Etymologically, the entry records: From psycholog(y) + -ist. The correct English form is psychologist, spelled P-S-Y-C-H-O-L-O-G-I-S-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    An expert in the field of psychology.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Not much later—perhaps only two or three weeks later he has discovered meaning in them; he knows that they say "The cat sat on the hat." How this happens no one really knows, despite the efforts of philosophers and psychologists over two and a half millennia to study the phenomenon.
  2. In 2009, the Obama Administration released guidelines on enhanced interrogation written in 2003 and 2004 by the CIA Office of Medical Services. ^((OMS).1-3(appendix F)) The OMS guidelines, even in redacted form, and opinions from the US Department of Justice's (DOJ’s) Office of Legal Counsel show that CIA physicians, psychologists, and other health care p…

Etymology

From psycholog(y) + -ist.

This word in other languages

psicólogo(Español)psychologue(Français)Psychologe(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ppsychologist
  • pscyhologist
  • pssychologist
  • psycchologist
  • psychhologist
  • psychloogist
  • psycholgoist
  • psychollogist
  • psychologgist
  • psychologisst
  • psychologistt
  • psychologits
  • psychologsit
  • psycholoigst
  • psychoolgist
  • psycohlogist
  • psyhcologist
  • psyychologist
  • pyschologist
  • spychologist

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of psychologist - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

ppsychologist1pscyhologist2pssychologist1psycchologist1psychhologist1psychloogist2psycholgoist2psychollogist1
Edit distance from "psychologist"

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 "psychologist"?
"psychologist" is spelled P-S-Y-C-H-O-L-O-G-I-S-T. The IPA pronunciation is /ˌsaɪˈkɑl.ə.d͡ʒɪst/.
What does "psychologist" mean?
As a noun, "psychologist" means: An expert in the field of psychology.
What are common misspellings of "psychologist"?
Common misspellings include "ppsychologist", "pscyhologist", "pssychologist", "psycchologist", "psychhologist". The correct spelling is "psychologist".
How do you pronounce "psychologist"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "psychologist" is /ˌsaɪˈkɑl.ə.d͡ʒɪst/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What is the origin of the word "psychologist"?
From psycholog(y) + -ist. 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 "psychologist", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

reproductive#9,656sufficiently#9,675inconsistent#9,769kindergarten#9,775

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (20 here; floor ≥5).

northwestern20 variantsalternatively20 variantsdevelopmental20 variantsunprecedented20 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list