# psychopath

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈsaɪkoʊˌpæθ/ · frequency rank #19,179

## Definitions
1. A person with a personality disorder indicated by a pattern of lying, cunning, manipulating, glibness, exploiting, heedlessness, arrogance, delusions of grandeur, carelessness, low self-control, disregard for morality, lack of acceptance of responsibility, callousness, and lack of empathy and remorse. Such a person may be especially prone to violent and criminal offenses.
2. A person with no moral conscience.
3. A person who perpetrates especially gruesome or bizarre violent acts.
4. A person diagnosed with antisocial or dissocial personality disorder.
5. A person diagnosed with any mental disorder.

## Etymology
From German psychopathisch, from Ancient Greek ψυχή (psukhḗ, “soul”) + πάθος (páthos, “suffering”).

## Easily confused with
- **psychopaths** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/psychopath-vs-psychopaths)
- **psychopathic** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/psychopath-vs-psychopathic)

## Common misspellings (17)
`ppsychopath`, `pscyhopath`, `pssychopath`, `psycchopath`, `psychhopath`, `psychoapth`, `psychopaht`, `psychopathh`, `psychopatth`, `psychoppath`, `psychoptah`, `psychpoath`, `psycohpath`, `psyhcopath`, `psyychopath`, `pyschopath`, `spychopath`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/psychopath