psychologist
/ˌsaɪˈkɑl.ə.d͡ʒɪst/noun
psychologist is spelled P-S-Y-C-H-O-L-O-G-I-S-T: 12 letters and 4 syllables. It appears 6.3 times per million words in written English, the 9,594th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, psychologist means “An expert in the field of psychology” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of psychologist is psychologists.
How many letters and syllables are in psychologist?
| Letters | 12: P-S-Y-C-H-O-L-O-G-I-S-T |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 6.3 times per million words; the 9,594th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is psychologist?
Psychologist appears 6.3 times per million words in written English, the 9,594th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce psychologist?
- US /ˌsaɪˈkɑl.ə.d͡ʒɪst/
Psychologist has 4 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-psychologist.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with psychologist?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as psychologist from its last stressed vowel (/ɑlədʒɪst/):
- geologist
- anthropologist
- archaeologist
- dermatologist
- cardiologist
- technologist
- ophthalmologist
- radiologist
- zoologist
- gynaecologist
- ornithologist
- egyptologist
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of psychologist
- psychologists plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does psychologist mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
An expert in the field of psychology.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate psychologist?
Wiktionary records one abbreviation of psychologist: psych.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Psychologist in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense expert in the field of psychology:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | psychologue |
| German | Psychologe, Psychologin |
| Portuguese | psicólogo, psicóloga |
| Spanish | psicólogo, psicóloga, sicólogo, sicóloga |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does psychologist come from?
From psycholog(y) + -ist.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).